The Grand Occasion of the King's Cup

In 1924, there were two major sporting events of global significance: one was the Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, and the other was the Football King's Cup, held every four years in Sydney, Australasia.

Although the Olympics had a much longer history than the Football King's Cup and had been hosted by such great powers as Anglo-French-Australasian, attracting dozens of countries and more than 2,000 athletes to compete at each event,

from the perspectives of fame and prize money, the current Football King's Cup was in no way inferior to the Olympics. In terms of public attention, it even had a slight edge.

This was no joke. The first Football King's Cup, held in 1920, had cost more than 3.78 million Australian dollars to organize, while the prize money had reached around 500,000 Australian dollars.

Aside from the organizational costs and prize money, at least 2.5 million Australian dollars had been poured into publicity. This was also why the Football King's Cup had rapidly become a world-famous sporting event.

Especially in Australasia, the champions of the Football King's Cup could receive an audience with Arthur. To the Australasian Football Association, this was a fatal temptation; to Australasian football players, it was a reward they could not refuse.

To ensure that the Football King's Cup remained attractive to every country, the first King's Cup had shown no favoritism and had basically achieved fairness and impartiality.

However, European countries and the great powers still held the advantage in sporting events. After all, only the people of those countries had sufficient funds to develop sports.

For most people, sports were not something they could take up simply because they were interested. Basketball required a basketball court, football required a football field, and even running required suitable professional training facilities—not to mention at