Places like Pakistan, places with a high percentage of poverty, children are forced to work extreme numbers of hours making soccer balls for the rest of the world. It is ironic that almost all over the world children play with soccer balls, but in high poverty areas like Pakistan children do not go to school but rather build soccer balls all day. “About 7,000 children between the ages of 5 and 14 don't have time to go to school because they work full time producing soccer balls, earning about 50 cents for each ball produced” (CNN). A child doesn't wake up every day excited about building soccer balls. They are forced to do this because the families to which those children belong are generally poor and that is why all family members work to help each other put food on their table. During the 1998 World Cup, soccer ball sales increased by “25%” (CNN) due to the hype drawing attention to the upcoming World Cup. Although World Cup matches were held in France and a lot of money was generated by FIFA, not much was passed down to the families who worked on the equipment essential to holding a soccer match. From player clothing to footwear, everything was generated by poor families who were paid less than the minimum wage. This type of situation spreads like wildfire. “Efforts in the 1990s to expose abuses in soccer ball assembly in Pakistan drove businesses to India, where children continue to work in the industry. The report shows that industry initiatives have failed to improve the lives of thousands of children forced to work in Meerut, India, to repay their parents' debt. Companies have for years said they have extensive monitoring programs to ensure child labor is not used in production