Topic: Using Global Sport as an Engine for Development
Country: Bangladesh
Delegate Name: Polina Byker
School: Forest Hills Northern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Bangladesh position papers GLIMUN 2016 committees
Although bringing global sports such as the World Cup or the Olympics to countries can help them grow economically and financially, it is the best if countries that are stable economically, financially, and in other ways, host big global sports events. Developed countries such as the U.S. Canada, Spain, and many others are more able and more fit to host big global sports events because they can finance them, and the economy and cities around the event will not suffer as badly. Developed countries can afford to host big sports events because they do get some advantage from the events.
Smaller, undeveloped, poor countries though, are not fit nor able to host such massively big sporting events. Nothing good could come out of it, no matter how much money is made, it is more than likely that Bangladesh will exceed its budget my millions. It will most likely cause riots, not only because of the main religion and its beliefs, but also with workers. The main religion of Bangladesh is Islam, and when women's sports was introduced into a certain city, it was opposed very strongly by the society and the religious leaders. Workers will also riot, because jobs in Bangladesh are very low and menial. It barely makes it in the industry of textiles.
The income is too low in Bangladesh to support global sports. No one buys sport equipment, and there isn't enough money to run curriculums in school for sports, or to build sports facilities. The economy would only suffer and in result, everyone in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is not ready to host global sports. It first needs to fix it's financial and economical state so that it is more stable, and then develop more technologically also.
