Does It Take Two to Tango? The Position and Power of National Sport bodies Compared to Their Public Authorities

Scheerder, Jeroen; Claes, Elien; Willem, Annick

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-60222-0_1

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“…Eventually, sporting recognition is not the same as political recognition and NOCs and NFs are formally independent from their national governments, needing to abide the regulations of the IOC and IFs. Nevertheless, since NOCs and NFs act as governmental agencies for sport in their countries, national governments impose on them “restrictions, objectives and obligations”, needing also to meet “the expectations of the governments and governmental policy priorities” (Scheerder et al, 2017, pp. 305–306).…”

Section: National Recognition and Power Relations In Sport From Inter...mentioning

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Naming and Lower Cases as Diplomatic Tools in Sport? The Case of ‘SPAIN v. kosovo’ During Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers

Gutiérrez-Chico

Méndez

2023

Communication & Sport

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This research focuses on the Spanish strategy to balance its political non-recognition of Kosovo and the respect to the Balkan country’s full membership in FIFA and UEFA. Considering the relevance of naming as a political tool in cases of sporting diplomatic conflict, our driving research questions are: How relevant is the name of Kosovo for Spain in its use of sport to perform this state non-recognition? More specifically, how and to what extent did the official name of Kosovo become a key diplomatic element for Spain during the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers? Methodologically, we have applied a content analysis of the Spanish Football Federation, the Spanish public broadcasting corporation and three main private media outlets. The conclusion is that the stronger diplomatic mobilization of Kosovo forced Spain to accept all of its national symbology at the protocol level. Therefore, there was a deliberate attempt not only to avoid the use of the names ‘Kosovo’ or ‘Republic of Kosovo’ by the Spanish establishment, but also using lower cases when no other alternative was possible. However, its application was inconsistent among the executing actors due to the lack of internalization of the naming policy, thus making it ineffective.

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Section: National Recognition and Power Relations In Sport From Inter...mentioning

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Naming and Lower Cases as Diplomatic Tools in Sport? The Case of ‘SPAIN v. kosovo’ During Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers

Gutiérrez-Chico

Méndez

2023

Communication & Sport

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“…SFs are characterized by their freedom of association (Scheerder et al, 2017), a reliance on volunteers (Wicker, 2017) and a high regard for autonomy (Wicker and Breuer, 2011). This is remarkable, as SFs and their clubs are important providers of active leisure activities for millions of people.…”

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Sport federations' organizational innovativeness: an empirical comparison of characteristics and attitudes

Corthouts

Zeimers

Helsen

et al. 2021

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PurposeBeing innovative is important for non-profit sport organizations in order to meet the ever-changing and increasing societal needs. Understanding why and to what extent organizational innovativeness differs between non-profit sport organizations is, therefore, important to assess and increase their chances of survival. The purpose of this study is to compare the structural characteristics and attitudes of innovation attributes between three groups of sport federations (SFs).Design/methodology/approachAn online self-assessment survey was sent to all recognized regional Belgian SFs (N = 156). Simultaneously, an observational desk research (i.e. media analysis) was carried out. Results from both data collection methods were combined to develop a composite organizational innovativeness-index, based on which the federations were then clustered in three distinct adopter groups.FindingsComparative statistics show that structural background characteristics generally are poor indicators for adopter categorization. In contrast, the attitudes about compatibility (i.e. the consistency of innovations with existing values) and complexity (i.e. the extent to which innovations are difficult to apprehend) seem the most important distinctive determinants for the different groups of SFs.Originality/valueThe study's contribution is twofold. First, it offers a methodological contribution with the development of an index, which enables the categorization of non-profit sport organizations according to their organizational innovativeness; thus, it provides a critical counter-argument to the importance of organizational structural background characteristics from previous studies. Second, the study's results may support non-profit sport organizations in improving their innovativeness, for instance by improving the perception of compatibility with innovation or by guiding policymakers in creating a more supportive environment for these organizations to do so.

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“…Alongside the sport organisations, many national governments in Western democratic societies have had greater involvement in sport since the post-World War II period, when welfare states became more pronounced in these societies (Scheerder, Claes, & Willem, 2017). This governmentalization of sport has led to more governments getting involved in sport and related policy making, subsidizing sport for both sport and non-sport outcomes, delivering sport programs, and hosting sport events (Scheerder et al, 2017). Scheerder et al (2017, p. 10) argued for "a deeper and broader awareness of the nature of the relationships between sport governing bodies and sport (con)federations (i.e., government departments or agencies responsible for sport)."…”

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“…Consequently, when sport governing bodies engage with government, they become reliant on and reactive to government agendas (Scheerder et al, 2017).…”

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The Political Economy of Mass Sport Participation Legacies From Large-Scale Sport Events: A Conceptual Paper

Thomson

Toohey

Darcy

2021

Journal of Sport Management

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Sport event studies have demonstrated that relevant stakeholders must share objectives and coordinate efforts to leverage a large-scale sport event to secure positive legacies. However, the challenging and complex task of collaboration between networks of diverse organizational stakeholders to secure legacies has received little scholarly attention. In this conceptual paper, the authors explore, through a political economy lens, differences between the political economies of sports and sport events pertaining to mass sport participation legacies. The authors focus on the mesolevel and consider how divergences in political economy elements—structure and context, stakeholders and ideas/incentives, and bargaining processes—influence the likelihood of mass sport participation legacies from large-scale sport events. The authors suggest a need for event legacy stakeholders to engage more meaningfully with the complexities surrounding securing mass sport participation legacies. In addition, they provide pragmatic, actionable implications for policy and practice to assist stakeholders in addressing the challenges they face to maximize legacy outcomes.

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Does It Take Two to Tango? The Position and Power of National Sport bodies Compared to Their Public Authorities

Cited by 12 publications

References 25 publications

Naming and Lower Cases as Diplomatic Tools in Sport? The Case of ‘SPAIN v. kosovo’ During Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers

Naming and Lower Cases as Diplomatic Tools in Sport? The Case of ‘SPAIN v. kosovo’ During Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers

Sport federations' organizational innovativeness: an empirical comparison of characteristics and attitudes

The Political Economy of Mass Sport Participation Legacies From Large-Scale Sport Events: A Conceptual Paper

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