International sporting events do a lot for cultural understanding and economical development among the global family. However, the staging of major international sporting spectacles is not entirely positive. Thus, the opinions surrounding whether international sporting events contribute positively to a country or not will be analyzed before a reasoned conclusion is drawn. It is believed by many that countries who host major international sporting events reap numerous rewards. Take the Beijing Olympics of 2008, for example. These Olympic games greatly helped China to shed its twentieth century status as an incapable, political mess. This positive change to the country’s image did a lot to encourage international trade partners, who may have been weary of the country’s capabilities otherwise. Thus, it is clear why many people around the world want their country to host an international sporting event. However, there are other groups who feel internationally held sporting e...