Authors
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Razi University lecturer
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associate Professor of Razi University
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Assistant professor of Razi University
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Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
Objective: Professionalism in sport is one of the most important and most functional sports marketing concepts and is one of the basic concepts in spurts’ development countries. Therefore, the aim of this study to develop a model for assessing the existing problems in the field of professionalism in the premier soccer league of Iran.
Methodology: The study population included all participants in the Fifth National Congress of Sport Management with the economic approach; the sample based on Morgan table was 201 people. The research method was descriptive- correlational. The data collection tool was questionnaire-construct; its validity was tested by confirmatory factor analysis. Cronbach's alpha was calculated on the basis of its reliability 0/93 and to measure the current problems of structural equation was used.
Results: The results showed that the measurement model study is a good fit and problems in this area include economic, informational and public relations, management and leadership, legislative, legal, and political support, and facilities and equipment.
Conclusion: Football federation and club managers could resolve the existing problems with long-term planning and provide professionalism growth in the soccer League of Iran.
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