The Method of the Bonus System of Wage of Professional Athletes in Game Sports and Its Approbation

Abstract

The research is aimed at solving the problem of regulating the remuneration system of professional athletes in game sports. It is noted that the considered subject area of research in the world economic science has received only minor coverage to date. The target indicators of the gaming activity of professional athletes, which have a direct impact on the efficiency of the production activity of a professional sports club, are highlighted. The author's economic and mathematical model for calculating bonus payments to players in the professional sports industry of the Republic of Belarus has been constructed, which formed the basis for the development of a method for the bonus system of wages of professional athletes in game sports. The approbation of the method proposed by the author at the "Shakhtar" football club in Soligorsk was carried out to confirm the effectiveness of its application in different variations for compliance with real market conditions and showed the effectiveness of the developed method.