Podcast – Soccer, business and passion.

Well, soccer is worldwide known. Some countries don´t consider soccer, I don´t know… the “official” sport, albeit who doesn´t know Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Drogba? They are soccer players who´ve been sponsored by Brands from all around the world. Let me see… Nike sponsors Ronaldo, Adidas sponsors Kaká. Furthermore, TV programs have been talking about soccer subjects, and each image from soccer has a plenty of ads… I mean, there is much money surrounding everything related to soccer.

It runs lots of jobs generated by support people´s addiction, it´s possible to find clothes, toys, DVDs or Blu-ray from an award-winning team or player. Have you thought how much money it generates? Let me see, maybe billions? And whether the team you support win a championship? Every product became more expensive than before. Even though, people remain buying this kind of product.

I believe passion is the reason why people want to get these gadgets. It´s a double edge sword, cause this passion can lead ones to an extreme behavior, I mean, behaviors with no consequences and with negative consequences. Police usually take the supporters’ “meeting” for granted. When supporters from different teams met themselves, an enormous confusion is ready to start. The passion drives people crazy. Have you tried to say something funny about your friend´s soccer team? It´s likely he is not gonna be your friend anymore. In spite of this, soccer is the most breathtaking sport we have known.