Some governments spend a lot of public money training individuals to be successful in international sporting events. Some people believe that this money should be spent on things that will benefit the general public instead. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Globalization, industrialization and evolution in technology has led to

exponential increase

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an exponential increase

exponential increases

the exponential increase

in competition between individuals, corporations and countries. Each country aims to be the best in varied areas like economic development, trade, bilateral relations and so on. International sporting

events provide

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events, provide

countries a unique platform to display their supremacy in various indoor and outdoor games. A school of thought believes that spending taxpayer’s money in training

sportspersons

to win medals in competitions, should

instead

be diverted to improvement in infrastructure and public welfare schemes. I do not agree with

this

opinion. It is extremely difficult to be the best in areas like economic development, trade, etc.

This

is because countries are connected to each other closely

as a result

of globalization. Any negative event in one part of the world has an immediate cascading effect in another country. In times of recession,

this

becomes worse. Take the example of the global recession of 2008. United

States including

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States, including

countries across the world, whether it was Singapore (

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dramatic

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Dramatic

decrease in exports) or Asian countries like India, Vietnam (

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in software exports), etc.

faced

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Faced

the brunt of

this

event. Let’s look at the recent example of a major fire breakout in China’s major shipping port.

This

destroyed several corporations’ goods, including those belonging to Jaguar Land Rover. Since, it is headquartered in the UK; the impact of the catastrophe was felt there in a big way. As stated earlier,

international sports competition

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an international sports competition

like the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, etc.

provide

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Provide

an arena where countries can display their might in physical fitness, agility. These events act like a glue; they bring all citizens of a country together in terms of patriotism. When

sportspersons

win, they bring fame to both themselves and to their respective countries. The recent example of the Cricket World Cup in 2011 was won by the Indian cricket team and led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni stupendously. Not only

he

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him

, but

also

the entire

team including

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team, including

its support staff and India received

tremendous name

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a tremendous name

and fame. Based on the above facts, I believe that a government spending public money in training

sportspersons

for international sporting competitions is the right step indeed.