The importance of sports in Brazil (as submitted to Planetary Magazine)

Submitted by Luciana Pimentel on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 11:46:08 AM EST.

All sports are practiced in Brazil because of our good weather, our ocean, our lakes, our beaches and because of Brazilian athletes´ strength.
Some sports, especially soccer, are used by people from poor classes to grow professionally and economically. Soccer is not just a sport here, it has an important social paper, because it takes many teenagers from criminality and gives them an opportunity to be somebody, especially in the poorest classes.
For all these reasons, the government should invest more in education and sports. It would, for sure, make better people and a better country.

Class: B 21
Lucas de Séllos Camara
Leonardo Vaz de Mello Rozentul

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