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Sport has being contributing to society for centuries and most of us love it either to participate or watch.

These days In total sport financial is worth.

Soccer – $50 Billion NFL – American Football – $17 Billion, MLB – Baseball – $10.7 Billion, NBA – Basketball – $8 Billion, NHL – Hockey – $3 Billion, MMA – Mixed Martial Arts – $1.5 Billion, Formula 1/NASCAR – $1.4 Billion, Boxing – $1 Billion, Tennis – $700 Million, Motocross – $300 Million, Golf $84 billion, Athletics $ 3 billion. Sailing around $ 22 billion, The Olympics are a multi-billion-dollar behemoth. It has more than $5 billion (U.S.) in assets, a reserve fund around $1 billion and its average annual revenues exceed $1.4 billion.

The global sports market can be broken down into many subcategories which transcend different markets and, in some cases, directly affect the world economy. Politicians have long considered the national sport as a hobby, able to unite the community with a unified national idea, filled with a kind of ideology, people’s desire to succeed, to win.

For example the English Lotto funding of millions to win Olympic medals worth buttons in financial cost or worth.

Or it was estimated that a total of 16.5 billion U.S. dollars was spent by consumers in the United States on Super Bowl related purchases in 2023.

Or FIFA has increased its World Cup revenue by more than $1bn (£840m) after taking the tournament to Qatar. Qatar was estimated to have spent as much as $220 billion, since being chosen as a World Cup host in late 2010. Result of one of the largest capital campaigns in human history.

The world’s premier international football competition will return in 2026 hosted in three countries,16 cities will host matches. Most of them (11) are located in the USA with a few in Mexico and Canada.

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Sport is one of the most effective mean of re-education, providing opportunities for the realization of energy, initiative, creativity and physical abilities, for leadership and competition in a healthy manner.

Particularly important for young generation due to a significant decline in physical health among young people, spread among them of diseases, that threatens the economic, intellectual and social stability of our society in very near future. In this regard, government propaganda of healthy lifestyle and sport takes a special place in the process of development of modern mass sport.

When one look’s at the above, the statistics are startling and if you adds on all the periphery industries attached to sport it contributes trillions to the word economy, but it is  also it obviously that it is contributing tons of Co2 in the requirement to travel to sporting events. (Aviation contributes around one billion tonnes of CO2 emissions every year.)

The sport system is directly connected with the subsystems of health, science, culture, upbringing and education. Sport has a significant impact on the socio-economic and political processes of any modern society.

Modern sport is multifaceted, differentiated, and it is able to satisfy the most diverse needs of individuals and society in the field of sports. A gate way to fame and riches for many a deprived but talented individuals all over the world.

Armature sport  see the sport as a source of health, disability, method of improving person’s character, of expanding the boundaries of human capabilities by performing developmental, educational, patriotic, communicative function, integrates and coordinates individuals and social groups, helps the nation to develop.

Others note the negative impact of sport on physical health and personality traits. The relationship of competitive sports with militancy and violence in society, and that competitive sports increase the belligerence (warlike) of social system.

On the other hand all sport has an opportunity to consolidate peace, especially in times of international tension, it can help to stabilize international relations as part of cultural exchange.  Also sport can be a cohesive force in society, which actively supports the social order and its values, as well as the power structure within which it operates. This includes the fact that sport can be used as instrument by the government, it can easily be used to implement the objectives of social power.

The past and recent events of our time show those multiple ways in which sport is usually used in national and supranational interests. It is an important factor in achieving international recognition as a tool for establishing relations with other countries.

Modern sport – is also a microcosm of modern society, and therefore the most important problems of modern sport are similar to the basic problems of modern society, such as sexual, ethnic and racial discrimination, crime and deception, control of violence, drug use, gambling, alcoholism, environmental protection social, political and international relations, etc

Mass sport is the basis of professional sport. It has conflicting characteristics , which generates a dual attitude towards it however records in professional sport, winning the official international, national and other sporting events, creates a moral incentive to the development of mass sports. It is a continuous social experiment, in which mankind shows its potential, accumulating and improving human capital, expanding its potential.

Within the professional sports market, there are submarkets such as broadcasting and licensing, sponsorship and many others.

Aside from to the professional sports market, there is the market for sporting goods, which is heavily reliant on brand marketing and is often intertwined with professional sports through athlete sponsorship and affiliations.

The next two big markets closely associated with the global sports economy are food and nutrition, such as the protein market and the global gambling market, considering how much of it is attributed by sports betting.

With recent technology and advances in the video game market and similar economical attributes to professional sports, the eSports market is also worth taking note of.

In debates about how to solve carbon emission’s, inequality, over-consumption Sport is often overlooked.

So here are a few suggestion to reduce this Co2 output.

Although the influence of sporting organizations on climate is complex and hard to measure, it is broadly recognized that unsustainable practices in sport have further contributed to climate change.

The global sport sector contributes the same level of emissions as a medium-sized country.  

However, it is in a unique position to be part of the solution for several reasons.

First, its broad social platform makes it a strategic tool in influencing people’s attitudes; its reach extends to almost all geographical areas and social backgrounds. Billions of individuals are involved in sport either as spectators, practitioners, or facilitators.

Second, sport can play an important role in educating and raising awareness towards global warming and more broadly environmental issues, including promoting a healthy, sustainable lifestyle.

The urgency to address climate change is growing every day. Sport can be part of the solution.

When it comes to fighting climate change, large sporting events have struggled to win any prizes. Fans travelling to just one European Cup match this year are estimated to have generated nearly 5,600 tonnes of CO2.

Sport organizations often have narrow views in assessing their environmental impacts, focusing on facilities and events, while overlooking related external factors such as transportation of teams and fans, or interlinked industries with a sizable carbon-production, such as broadcasting and sportswear industries.

The Olympic games are awarded to Greece on a permeant basis.

All advertising that does not promote sustainable is removed from events arena’s.

All sport jerseys carry a C02 reduction symbol and remain unchanged for a season.

Fashion accounts for around 10% of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity.

Every event ticket price contributes to a fund to reduce inequality, with all prize winnings contributing 1% to reduce poverty.  Football transfer fees contribute 2%. All gambling on sport events contribute 0.05% and  TV rights contribute 1% of their viewing revenue.

Conclusion.

It is true to say that many Sport events and sport organisations are to day changing in order to reduce their Carbon footprints, but they must do so on a much larger scale and faster.

The top 1%  of the rich were responsible for 15% of emissions, nearly twice as much as the world’s poorest 50%, who were responsible for just 7%.

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