Identifying and prioritizing the obstacles of financial support for championship sports in Fars province

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Year: 2014 University Degree: Master's degree Category: Physical Education - Sports
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    Dissertation for receiving a master's degree (M.A)

    Strategy: Sports Management

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    The aim of the present research is to identify and prioritize obstacles to financial support for championship sports in Fars province. The current research method is a survey and the statistical population of this research includes sports professionals (university sports management professors), sports marketing specialists and companies and sports club CEOs. Based on this, 62 people were selected as the research sample. The research tool was the standard questionnaire of Askarian and Azadan (2013), whose validity and reliability were confirmed based on valid methods. Research data were analyzed using Friedman rank test. The results showed that the obstacle of lack of technical aspects in the clubs with an average rating of 4.61 is the most important obstacle and the structural-management obstacle with an average rating of 3.14 is the least important obstacle among the obstacles in attracting financial sponsors in the championship sports of Fars province. First

    Overview of the research

    1-1 Introduction

    The sports industry has become global rapidly, its territory has conquered everywhere and has taken root all over the world, so that billions of people can benefit from it. The sports industry, by having a stimulating factor such as major sports competitions, has made it possible to take advantage of advertising and media opportunities; This issue itself has created the necessary platform for interaction between industry, trade and sports (Androv et al., 2018). At the international level, sports has the sixth rank among different major industries (Azadan, 2013). The sports industry includes sectors such as sports goods, marketing, supervision, implementation and financial support, professional sports, sports clothing, sports media, and recreational sports, and it is growing every year (Ehsani, 2017). Sports economy is a broad field that has close relations with other economic sectors. The necessity of the globalization of sports, which began in the 1980s, changed the role of sports in society and created many income-generating opportunities for individuals, institutions, and various media (Elahi, 2007). Increasing activity in the field of physical education and sports increases the demand for various goods and services. This set of activities causes the emergence of the sports industry (Askarian, 2013). One of the ways to provide sufficient funds for sports activities, especially championship activities, is to attract investment from private companies and businesses in the sports industry (Kazem, 2018). Sports sponsorship is one of the most important sources of income in today's sports (Seyd Ameri, 2018).  The concept of financial support for sports is not a new phenomenon. Keshak quoted by Gratton and Taylor [1] (1985). It states that the beginning of financial support for sports dates back to 1850 AD, in which an Australian company became a financial sponsor of the English cricket tournament and in this way earned a lot of profit for itself and the organizers of the said match (Kashak, [2] 2004). Sponsorship of a sport, sports organization or event by a person or company to obtain mutual benefits or benefits for both parties to the contract (Kashak, 2004). Until now, neither in sports nor in other fields, has there been a comprehensive and specific definition of support. But financial support is defined as the provision of financial and material aid to an activity by a commercial organization with the aim of achieving commercial goals (Jamaat, 2016).

    Shank [3] defines sports financial support as investment in the existence of sports (athletes, teams, leagues, or sports programs) to support general organizational, commercial, or advanced strategies (Shank, 1951). Gratton [4] (1985). Sports sponsorship is the sponsorship of a sport, sports event, sports organization or competition by a person or company for mutual benefit or profit for both parties to the contract. Today, commercial companies and owners of various industries have realized that financial support can act as a powerful advertising tool for them.In fact, one of the most important and effective elements that has linked sports events and the economy is the issue of sports sponsorship as an advertising method for sponsoring companies (Bulurian, 2017). The importance of financial sponsors in the income generation of the world's sports sector is after the live television broadcasting privilege, whose value in the Olympics for companies such as McDonald's, Kodak, Visa, Adidas and Coca-Cola was more than 170 million dollars (Kazemi, 2016). Therefore, taking into account that financial support is one of the subsets of the marketing department, and in order to achieve their goals in championship sports, sports officials must provide the ground for the entry of sponsors in sports. One of the first needs for sponsors to enter sports is to know the factors that prevent financial support in sports. Since the attraction of financial sponsors for sports in Fars province requires detailed and expert investigations, the researcher is determined to identify and prioritize financial support obstacles in this area by analyzing the sports of this province, and can take a step, however small, in the further development of sports in Fars province. Third, the sports world is experiencing a new era. Increasing activity in the field of physical education and sports has increased the demand for various goods and services. These activities have led to the emergence of the sports industry. To be successful in this industry, it is essential to use sports marketing (Pitts and Stolar, 2002).

    Financial support is one of the elements of marketing communication that can, in certain situations, along with other elements such as advertising, sales promotion, as a beneficial choice, provide the necessary tools, personal selling, public relations and direct marketing to achieve the specific goals of companies and cause the success of marketers in a chaotic environment (Segun and Everly [5], 2008). Today, sports has become an industry through the application of marketing knowledge, and sports sponsorship is one of its main tools. The success of sports support requires correct and principled decision-making, which allows for better guidance of support activities by considering various factors affecting it. In the field of management, sports support deals with factors such as the goals of sports support, the criteria for choosing sports, the mix of marketing communications and the evaluation of sports support, which are important factors in the decision-making process of sports support and are carried out as a process (Hosseini et al., 2013). Financial sponsorship of sports is one of the global communication techniques, the purpose of which is to invest in sports activities, people and events for the potential exploitation of commercial issues related to sports, encouraging spectators in the stadium and television viewers, and creating a relationship between the sponsor of the event, the sports team or athlete and the sponsor (Raham et al., 2019). Financial support. Today, companies consider financial support as one of the communication tools and tend to increase awareness of the company's services in this way (Ehsani et al., 2017). The global investment in financial support has a growing trend, from about 500 million dollars in 1982 (Kala [6], 2003), to 15 billion dollars in 2009 (Shank, 2009) and more than 70% of the amounts invested in financial support were in the field of sports and sports events (Crampton, 2004).

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    The purpose of this research is to identify and prioritize barriers Hmayt¬Maly is the province of athletics. This study surveys and population of the study consisted of experts in sport (sport management professor at universities), experts in sports marketing and sports clubs are companies and CEO of. The choices available are based on 62 patients in the study who were selected as examples. Standard Askarian questioner and Freedom (1391), the validity and reliability of the method was confirmed authentic. Research data using the Friedman rank test were analyzed.

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    Abstract.. 1

    Chapter One: Introduction and Introduction

    1-1. Introduction.. 3

    1-2. Statement of the problem.. 5

    1-3. The importance and necessity of research.. 7

    1-4. Research objectives.. 9

    1-4-1. General goal.. 9

    1-4-2. Dedicated goals.. 9

    1-5. Research questions.. 10

    1-6. The realm of research.. 11

    1-7. Research limitations.. 11

    1-8. Definition of words and terms.. 11

    Chapter Two: Theoretical foundations of research

    2-1. Marketing.. 15

    2-2. Sports recovery.. 16

    2-3. Financial support.. 17

    2-4. Advantages and disadvantages of financial support.. 20

    2-5. Financial support in sports.. 21

    2-6. Factors contributing to the high growth of expenses spent on financial support. 23

           2-7. Objectives of financial support.. 24

           2-8. Evaluation of financial support.. 28

           2-9. Sponsorship is different from advertising. 30

           2-10. Distinguishing sponsorship from other promotional relationships. 31

           2-11. Separation of financial support from promotional and other communication techniques. 32

           2-12. Face-to-face sales.. 34

           2-13. Sales promotion.. 34

           2-14. Image and emotional marketing.. 35

           2-15. mass media.. 36

           2-16. Media coverage and sponsorship confusion. 36

           2-17. Trademarks.. 37

           2-18. An overview of the research background.. 40

    Chapter 3: Research Methodology

    3-1. Research method.. 55

    3-2. Population and statistical sample and sampling method. 55

    3-3. The method of work implementation.. 56

    3-4. Research tools.. 56

    3-5. The structure of the questionnaire.. 56

    3-6. validity and reliability of the questionnaire.. 57

    3-7. Data analysis method.. 57

    3-8. Operational definitions of research terms. 57

    Chapter Four: Research Findings

    4-1. Descriptive research findings.. 60

    4-1-1. Description of the age status of the studied group. 60

    4-1-2. Description of the gender of the study group. 61

    4-1-3. Description of the educational status of the studied group. 62

    4-1-4. Description of the status of the statistical sample organization. 63

    4-1-5. Description of the state of willingness to support in different sports fields. 64

    4-1-6. Description of the state of willingness to support in different sports sectors. 65

    4-1-7. Description of the status of the scope of activities of the studied organization. 66

    4-1-8. Description of the status of the studied organizations according to the number of employees. 67

    Chapter Five: Discussion and Conclusion

    5-1. Research summary.. 78

    5-2. Discussion and conclusion.. 81

    3-5. Suggestions arising from research.. 84

    5-4. Suggestions for future research. 85

    Sources

    Persian sources.. 87

    English sources.. 90

    Appendices.. 96

    English summary.. 99

     

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