is sport vital to the economy of a country/region?

[Adamm]

is it ?

[Geraint]

yes, and my welsh bacc study would tell you so.

[Blinger$]

It does help the economy of course.

For instance if you are hosting a major competition (olympics, winter games, commonwealth games etc) then a lot more money is "coming into the country" then without them...

[Adamm]

the question was 'vital', not 'help'.

it changes the debate. could the economy live without sport to put it another way.

[Blinger$]

oh fair does. then should i change the word from help to vital? because of course it is.. just on a smaller scale then the major events.

[immense]

it aids it, yes.

[W00TZEH]

Yer when a world cup event can pull in £3billion

[FlyingJesus]

In larger and more developed countries where leisure is of huge importance, yes I believe so. Not so much in countries where the economy depends solely on whether a crop's harvest will be big or not, of course.

[Browney]

I don't think we'd crumble without sport, no.