Friedman’s 10 Factors that made the Sports world flat
#1 The fall of the Berlin Wall may have helped flatten the sports world only by breaking down the barrier between east and west Germany and allowing teams in Europe and across the world to try and forget religious, political or any other different beliefs come in-between teams in any sport.
#2 + #3 +#4+9+10 The invention of the internet and work flow software along with uploading were huge factors in the flattening of the sports world. What this allowed was information about players, teams, programs, and sports to be shared across the world through websites, emails, spreadsheets and graphs and more. It opened up opportunities for players on the opposite side of the world to know what the game of basketball was and what the NBA is about. It allowed the MLB to learn about players in Japan. It allows America follow the world’s most popular game soccer a lot easier. It has made it easier for everyone worldwide to......
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