You want the country to be glued to TV 24/7, discussing Score Cards, Gambling & Betting! Well, that didn’t pay well to South Americans, wherein, the nations who once enjoyed the Oil Money, ended up discussing Football, God-Messi, GOATs of Sports, and Beach Volleyball. No more. No less! Same goes for UK as well. In Asia, one nation can’t stand another, but no matter how much the nation Poor is, they would leave every work to watch the game of Cricket entire day, wherein sportsmen consider themselves as Gods of Egypt. South-America shuts its own borders’ for one another, but, one, as well as two balls, always unite them. In Africa, you require a travel visa to visit each nation, YET, Rappers, Reggae, Magic, Marley, & USA for Africa, always unite them. Alas, none of them paid well. Because, diplomacy built on ‘Entertainment’ would never pay, except to the producers, artists, players, and organizers.
Thus, as the demand of the Oil would eventually decrease, then, would this bet of Saudi Arabia of investing the money in sports, so much so that, it is giving billions of dollars to the sports people and entertainers! As, it is the same thing, I explained in my previous blogs: Not the Great Saudi Arabian Dream, but, the Great Currency Conversion Dream, wherein, the dollars now been reimbursed VIA Saudi Crown.
‘The sports diplomacy is a poor nation’s diplomacy’. As, developing or poor nations, would always put forward any Sport to build their nations; just alike in case of falling Roman Empire happened -> Bread & Circus. You make people glued to 24/7 to TV, and Sports is the best option.
As one of the American Billionaire said that: a day would come, when the price of the TV would be $100, whilst, the price of the college would be $1M. Would it ever pay? Just feel the surroundings, and answer to yourself!😊
© Pranav Chaturvedi 2024