Who Owns Football?: Models of Football Governance and Management in International Sport

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David Hassan (University of Ulster, UK) Sean Hamil (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)

Who Owns Football?

Models of Football Governance and Management in International Sport

David Hassan (University of Ulster, UK), Sean Hamil (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)

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Routledge
22 October 2012

Football (Soccer, Association football)

Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives

The commercialization of sport since the 1990s has had a number of consequences. The market forces that have defined commercialization, notably pay-per-view television, whilst initially welcomed as important new sources of revenue, have also had the unanticipated consequences of de-stabilizing many sporting competitions and institutions, undermining the financial future of clubs in their traditional role as key social and cultural institutions. This has been manifested in the paradox of chronic financial loss-making amongst professional sports’ clubs in an era of exponential revenue growth, a trend exemplified by the experience of Italy’s Series A and the English Premier League – both cases examined in detail in this book.

But, at the same time, some traditional sporting organizations have sought with some success, to chart a middle way, retaining traditional sporting movement objectives whilst also embracing a form of commercialism. The Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland, the supporter-owned FC Barcelona football club, and New Zealand rugby union, offer illustrative examples of such strategies examined in detail. This book explores the background to this clash of commercial and traditional sporting objectives, and debates the consequences for wider sports governance.

This book was published as a special issue of Soccer and Society.

Edited by: David Hassan (University of Ulster UK), Sean Hamil (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780415661249
ISBN 10: 0415661242
Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 22 October 2012
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Hassan is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ulster. He is Academic Editor of Sport in Society and joint Editor of Foundations in Sport Management, a new Routledge series. Dr. Hassan has published extensively in the politics and governance of sport in a range of international academic journals. Sean Hamil is a Lecturer in the Department of Management at Birkbeck College, University of London. A co-founder of Birkbeck College’s Sport Business Centre, Sean has published extensively on the subject of governance in the football industry, and in particular on the role of mutual ownership models at football clubs.