A country is stronger when its people stand united, whether it is against a common enemy, such as their rival team, or for their national team. During the 2010 winter Olympics millions of American stood in support of American heroes like Apollo Ohno and Shaun White, and at the 2008 summer Olympics we cheered on Michael Phelps. As we watched our heroes win silver and gold medals we had pride in our country, and at the end of the events we had more nationalism than we had at the beginning. A country needs this pride and nationalism when it fights wars and tries to solve issues, because where there is nationalism there is support.
Winning sports teams also create revenue for a state. When a team does well its fans want to show their support by buying jerseys and flags and other miscellaneous objects that scream encouragement at their team. All of this buying creates revenue that helps the economy of the nation and the sports team itself.
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