The World Cup

I am writing my issues paper on the impact that the major international sporting events have on the countries that hosts them. Specifically, I am researching and writing about the impact that the World Cup has on the economy of the host country when it is only a developing country. I plan to narrow this issue even further by focusing on the last World Cup held in Brazil as an example. My research shows that there is an overall negative impact on developing countries that host the World Cup so I will emphasize this. I will also specifically address the reasons for the negative economic impact such as the new stadiums, hotels, roads, and airports that are mandatory to be built and the lack of support from the FIFA organization to do so. I am making the specific proposal that If a developing country is chosen to host the World Cup, they should receive financial assistance from FIFA to do the things required to put on the event.

My target audience includes both a primary audience and a secondary one. First, I will be directly writing to the administration of FIFA, the organization that puts on the World Cup. To be most effective with this audience, I will not take a critical approach nor just attack the organization for the things they are doing wrong. This will likely make them defensive and hostile. But, I will acknowledge their positive intent to help countries and constructively explain how they can be more successful with their purpose and not cause harm to developing countries' economies.

I will also indirectly be writing to World Cup fans in first world countries as well as citizens of developing countries. People who enjoy watching the World Cup in first world countries such as the United States and European nations will hopefully learn about the negative effects it is having on developing countries, feel bad about it, and want to change policies so that developing counties are not harmed. The World Cup fans in developing countries will likely recognize these negative effects and agree with the argument, thus establishing a group of supporters for my argument of a change in policy.

A question that I have about the research is: even though our argument has to be supported by the sources we use, does the exact solution that we propose to the problem have to be mentioned in our sources? Or, can we come up with our own original solution based on the information about the problem provided in our sources?