Analysis and evaluation of the United Kingdom and Spain’s sport models

Abstract

In this study, we have undertaken an analysis of the status of Spanish and British sport models. Sport has become a major socioeconomic marvel of the modern world, with broad media coverage and both active and passive participation. Sporting achievement, the public image of many countries, is a top priority for the governments of developed nations and represents a goal of general interest. Using data analysis, we have examined the reality of the sport models in both countries through sportive variables, as well as the financials behind the sporting economy in the last 5 Olympic Games. The data reveals a more efficiency model in UK and a need of change if Spain wants to keep its current level of achievement internationally, where the current model requires a review of its structure and funding sources, public or private, and the modernisation of the federated management model that must be preserved and encouraged through (non-profit) organisations that benefit from a favourable tax system, such as the Sports Federations.

Spanish women athletes’ performance in the Summer Olympic Games history

“…In order to map, in a general sense, the participation of women in the Olympic Games, a documentary analysis has been carried out based on the identification, selection and interpretation of data obtained from primary sources and specialized bibliography on the subject (Puga-González et al, 2018). The data originate from documents of public and private entities and bodies, as well as official statistics published by the International Olympic Committee.…”

Understanding the Predictors of Economic Politics on Elite Sport: A Case Study from Spain

“…The literature makes a clear distinction between two systems: (a) state-organised business systems, where the state plays a more interventionist role in structuring economic activities, characteristic of continental European countries; and (b) liberal market economies, characterised by the presence of a capital market-based financial system, the absence of burdensome regulations and high-trust relationships, characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon world [8]. This is a key aspect when contextualising the present study, since being subscribed to the Spanish environment-a bureaucratic system-we must consider the differences with respect to other countries in the Anglo-Saxon environment, i.e., entrepreneurial systems [9]. These differences have been highlighted in previous studies that contrast French and English [10] or Spanish and English systems [9].…”

“…This is a key aspect when contextualising the present study, since being subscribed to the Spanish environment-a bureaucratic system-we must consider the differences with respect to other countries in the Anglo-Saxon environment, i.e., entrepreneurial systems [9]. These differences have been highlighted in previous studies that contrast French and English [10] or Spanish and English systems [9]. All these studies confirm that most National Governing Bodies (NGBs) in continental Europe are federations run as public services delegated by the state and are, therefore, controlled by the government through the Ministry of Sport [7]; whereas UK NGBs are independent of the government [11,12].…”