Sustainability in the football industry: An approach to the gap between theoretical formulation and practical application, through the results of the social fair play project

Villarino, Roberto Fernández

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07318

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“…Nonetheless, the present study examined the privatization and ownership of the clubs, media and social networks, and strategic communication plans. Furthermore, previous studies have not paid close attention to economic sustainability as the ultimate performance of football clubs (Faccia et al ., 2020; Fernández-Villarino, 2021; Brandt and Kurscheidt, 2022). Nonetheless, we itemized the components of the economic sustainability of football clubs and provided an integrated framework of their economic performance, which the football clubs and the football league can use.…”

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“…Fourth, the previous studies have not investigated the effect of stability of football club management on the achievement of economic sustainability (Buck and Ifland, 2022; Faccia et al ., 2020; Fernández-Villarino, 2021; Brandt and Kurscheidt, 2022; Cox and Philippou, 2022). In this study, we highlighted management instability in football clubs and argued that management instability can be an important challenge to the achievement of financial and economic sustainability.…”

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“…The review of the related literature showed that a number of studies have focused on sustainability analysis in football clubs (Faccia et al ., 2020; Fernández-Villarino, 2021), economic sustainability of inter-college track and field (Mitten and Ross, 2013), financial sustainability of charitable organizations and sports associations (Bingham and Walters, 2013), social sustainability of the commercialization of football (Brandt and Kurscheidt, 2022), financial sustainability and gender diversity in professional football (Clarkson and Philippou, 2022), examination of the strategic involvement of stakeholders in the efficiency of non-profit sports organizations from a sustainability perspective (Miragaia et al ., 2017); promotion of sustainable mobility with the help of Swiss sports clubs (Moser et al ., 2019); sustainability in participatory sports events (Hugaerts et al ., 2021); financial sustainability management and profit management in Spanish sports federations (Guevara et al ., 2021); sports indicators of the prediction of the sustainability of sports development (Oluwatoyin et al ., 2021), sustainability and social responsibility of Romanian sports organizations (Barbu et al ., 2022), impacts of UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League on financial sustainability (Dantas et al ., 2020); sports for sustainability and sustainable development (Millington et al ., 2022), and business model classifications which result in the development of sustainable football-based economy for European professional football clubs (Buck and Ifland, 2022). Moreover, research has focused on accounting, finance and conflict in football arenas (Adams et al ., 2023), the strategic and financial decision-making of top football clubs in Europe (Toma and Campobasso, 2023), civil society organizations as factors of social change: the participation of football clubs with sustainability (Lozano and Barreiro-Gen, 2023), and governments as hinderances to the development of professional football: the case of Iran (Biglari et al ., 2023).…”

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Economic sustainability: a solution to the financial problems of football clubs

Atghia,

Nazarian

2023

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PurposeFinancial problems of football clubs during economic crises (such as COVID-19 pandemic) highlight the necessity of achieving economic sustainability. In addition, the economic sustainability of football clubs is accepted as a principle of the development of sports business. Therefore, it is reasonable to conduct a study with the aim of examining economic sustainability in the field of sports club management.Design/methodology/approachThe present study adopted a qualitative approach to research and used semi-structured interviews in order to develop a framework for the economic sustainability of football clubs. A total of 13 members of football clubs in the Iranian premier league participated in this study.FindingsThe findings highlighted the fact that a number of factors, including media and social networks, entrepreneurship and development of club business, commercialization of the club, privatization, investment and ownership, strategic communication plan, financial management and management instability, promoted the economic sustainability of football clubs and improved their financial performance.Originality/valueThis study highlighted the importance of the changes in the structure of football clubs and the strategic plans for promoting entrepreneurship and commercialization. Moreover, it underlined the major role of the environmental and management components of football clubs in their financial sustainability.

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Economic sustainability: a solution to the financial problems of football clubs

Atghia,

Nazarian

2023

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“…Sport is no stranger to this fact. The effective incorporation of SR in the strategic management of professional football is a key factor although it is a slow implementation process that coexists with the immediacy in which the football ecosystem tends to develop (Fernández-Villarino, 2021).…”

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The financial impact of the financial fair play policy on Spanish football

Villarino

Gómez

2021

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PurposeThis study aims to explore how responsible corporate behaviour, specifically self-imposed financial regulatory control, might subsequently be reflected in the financial performance of companies subject to such regulation.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, the authors aim to explore how financial compliance in the form of the Economic Control Regulation (ECR) has impacted on the financial performance of professional football clubs in Spain. To this purpose, the authors adopted a quasi-experimental before and after study design. This type of design assesses the object of study before and after a specific event in order to determine whether this event has had any effects on the object. In this case, the event was the coming into effect of the ECR in the fiscal year of 2012, and the object hypothetically affected was the clubs’ economic performance.FindingsThe authors can confirm that in general terms and for the whole set of clubs analysed, the ECR has had a strong and positive effect on financial performance.Research limitations/implicationsIn this study, the authors wish to establish a link between the idea of “compliance” and that of “responsible corporate management practice”. It is not just a matter of compliance with the law. The fact of complying with certain laws could, in general terms, or from the point of view of common sense, be qualified as “responsible behaviour”. However, under the contemporary concept of corporate responsibility, compliance with the law is a behaviour that must be taken for granted. Responsibility, therefore, would entail going beyond such expected behaviour to one that exceeds the environment's expectation of the corporate actor.Practical implicationsWhat extent improvements in financial performance have also boosted social performance. Confirming such a positive effect endorses the argument that ethical improvements in corporate culture have a general effect on business sustainability in its different aspects: economic, social, environmental and in governance.Social implicationsThe authors may foresee that the culture of compliance will spread from the finance departments to other management areas. Its connection with ethical business practice is directly linked to the more complex concept of the “citizen company”. There are suggest interesting bases on which professional football clubs might move from a traditional profit-oriented company model towards a more contemporary one oriented towards relationships of integrity with the sport's environment. This study shows that the ECR has been a starting point for the development of Spanish professional football clubs towards this type of “citizen company”.Originality/valueIt was a single-sector study whose principal value lies in the verification of whether responsible economic management (the main consequence of applying the ECR) had any effects on company profits, financial results and other important indicators. In addition to fostering responsibility, this new management model involves a special innovation, as it is based on self-regulation (i.e. on regulations not imposed by national or supranational states), designed and implemented to ensure the sector's viability.

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“…Football players who have eye-foot coordination will appear calmer in dribbling. Dribbling movements can be more varied so that they can trick opponents [6].…”

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The Relationship of Eye-foot Coordination with Football Skill: A Correlation Study in Young Football Player

Razali¹,

Akbari²

2022

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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Football skills are one of the fundamental aspects that football players must possess. In addition, to support football skills, football players must be equipped with abilities in good physical condition. Based on previous research studies, movement in football is dominated by dynamic movements, so that movement Coordination is one aspect of physical condition that is important in supporting football skills. This study aimed to determine the relationship between variables, eye-foot coordination, and football skills. The approach taken in this research is quantitative, and the type of research is correlated. The population in this study is the Junior Players of the Persati Aceh Tamiang Club, totalling 36 athletes (total sampling). The data collection techniques are as follows: (1) eye-foot coordination using the "Football Wall Volley Test", (2) football skills are measured using the "David Lee test". Data analysis was carried out using a simple correlation analysis technique and multiple correlations. The conclusions obtained based on the results of data analysis are: (1) there is a significant relationship between eye-foot coordination and football skills. (r= 0.74), and eyefoot coordination contributes 53,29% to football skills

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Sustainability in the football industry: An approach to the gap between theoretical formulation and practical application, through the results of the social fair play project

Cited by 13 publications

References 20 publications

Economic sustainability: a solution to the financial problems of football clubs

Economic sustainability: a solution to the financial problems of football clubs

The financial impact of the financial fair play policy on Spanish football

The Relationship of Eye-foot Coordination with Football Skill: A Correlation Study in Young Football Player

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