Topic Proposal

Warren Coleman

English 102

Topic Proposal

Once every four years the world’s finest athletes gather to compete in a series of competitions. This mass gathering is known as the Olympics. Many see the main purpose of the Olympics as winning as many medals as possible for one’s home country. However this mass gathering of cultures that only lasts about twenty five days takes years of coordinating and planning and is much more important than the medals. The few cities that are “fortunate” enough to be selected as hosts must make massive economic changes in order to successfully pull of such an event. In looking at the city of Atlanta, GA, who hosted the games in 1996, you can clearly see that hosting the “Summer Games” came along with consequences. This is the case because the drastic number of illegal immigrants that were brought in for the event’s labor. Though the immigrant population was initially welcomed for their services, the subsequent social and economic problems were devastating to the city from a social and political stand point, asking the ultimate question as to whether or not the Olympics are an event that is worthwhile.