Over the years a lot of money gets spent on different components of sports and very year this number is way up in the millions. Money gets spent on different things in the world of sport and each components helps another component when something happens to it. For example every year more people are buying things from the sports shops, this is good for the people who work at the shops because then they are making money therefore they will have a job for a long period of time. Also over the past few years more and more money has been used to built and create new football pitches. This is good because then this allows more children and adults to be able to use the facilities therefore this will have a good impact on the economy because then more people will be fitter and playing sports. This increase in participation will also increase the amount of people that are buying sports equipment and sports clothing. For example if there is a new football pitch the people and the players are going to buy some new trainers to play in therefore this is benefiting the sports shops. Also over the past few years serveys have shown that more and more people are getting involved in sports. This is good because if the amount of people playing is increasing then the standard will increase because there will be more potential professional players. This is good because if the sport is being played at a higher level then more and more people will watch the sport. This therefore will have a good impact on sports gambling because if more people are watching the sport then more people are going to want to bet on it. This is good because the more people that put bets on, the more chance the betting shops have of making money. Finally if more people are taking part in sports and are getting involved, it will result in more people being fitter and lower the chances of obesity. This is good and will have a positive impact on the economy because then as a whole, the economy will be a good, healthy one.