What Does FIFA Do To Help The World Cup?

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The economic principle I’m exploring is: Institutions are the “rules of the game” that influence choices.

 My research question to help me study the economic principle is What makes international soccer teams successful? How does FIFA ensure that teams are treated equally?

 The article published on FIFA. com titled demonstrates this economic principle by showing that the host city is chosen fairly, referees are gathered with justice, and volunteers are found for extra help. First, one problem that is faced every 4 years, is choosing some country to host the World Cup. In 2018, the host city was Russia, for the men, and for the women this year, is France. FIFA wants to choose a nation that will ultimately increase their international prestige, and benefit businesses.

 Second, another problem that is faced is gathering referees. FIFA has to do this strategically because these refs have to be so professional and not show any bias with teams. Throughout the world, groups are sorted based on location and population to find these referees. Many of the refs are coming this year from Europe due to the immense amount of teams coming from the general area and proximate location to France.

 Third, volunteers are necessary to put the event on. Approximately 2,500 volunteers are called upon to help put the event and according to FIFA.com these people “help build engineering facilities for matches, all the way to dealing with the footballers themselves, and participating in preparations and operations of the FIFA Confederations”. Volunteers are necessary to put the show on in the World Cup and it wouldn’t be able to happen without them.

 In my next blog post I will research the question: Can FIFA better the game of soccer for the future?