And what about this World Cup?

We all know the World Cup is over. And in fact, it had been over even before the championship finished! During those three weeks that the Argentinian team enjoyed in South Africa everybody seemed to be a sports fan. Unfortunately, we aren´t sporty at all!

Not everybody knows that the Hockey World Cup is taking place here, in Rosario, only a few kilometers away from home. And who knows that the Basketball World Cup is also taking place these days? We have to watch the news or to be too sporty to know that. It´s really a pity that these sports don´t take as much attention as football takes. If they were more promoted we could see a lot of children engaged in more sports other than football.

If you think about it, it´s very strange to see people wearing the Argentinian t-shirt while “Las Leonas” are playing a game. And the world doesn´t stop to watch a single match. This is obviously the result of the way in which the media deal with all issues. If the press pays little attention to the hockey or the basketball World Cups, then society won´t pay attention to these competitions either.

Apart from that, have you heard about the games´ fees? I´ve heard that each ticket doesn´t cost more than $95… isn´t that too cheap if we take into account that you are paying to see the best hockey players in action? Besides, compared to the high fees that are paid for each football championship, the hockey fees are too undervalued.

Clearly, what´s happening nowadays in sports reflects what we are as society. We are people who let ourselves be deceived by the media. And we usually don´t realize that those who practice a sport which isn´t football are also professional people whose job is to play certain sports (hockey, if we stick to the topic in this post) and who also make a lot money out of them. I think that, although you may not be a sports fan or you may not like sports, it´s time we acknowledge that there is another world in sports apart from football.