masoud Naderian; somayeh Rahbari; Mahsa Ghorbani
Volume 3, Issue 3 , March 2015, , Pages 31-42
Abstract
The purpose of this research was a Comparative Study of how to finance the professional football clubs inIran and England's premier leagues. That was an applied research and implemented in descriptive &analytical method. Data collection was done through investigating of documents and also with use ...
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The purpose of this research was a Comparative Study of how to finance the professional football clubs inIran and England's premier leagues. That was an applied research and implemented in descriptive &analytical method. Data collection was done through investigating of documents and also with use ofResearcher made questionnaire. Face and content validity of the questionnaire has been studied byprofessionals and financial experts’ opinion and Construct validity was confirmed using exploratory factoranalysis. Validity of the questionnaire has been obtained through Cronbach's alpha (α=0/89). Thestatistical population includes Statistical research community, all football clubs in Iran's Premier Leagueand England that were selected available three clubs from England and five clubs from Iran as samples.Result showed there was a significant difference between methods of financing English & Iranianprofessional football clubs. Most of Iranian clubs funding by government and industry-based (65%) whilemost of English clubs are private and funding by television broadcasting rights(31%),matchdayincome(21%) and Cash flow from business(22%). Some major barriers to financing Iran professionalfootball league clubs are as follows the state-run clubs, Lack of financial transparency, IRIB rejection topay the media broadcasting right to the clubs, Failure to comply with copyright law in Iran, Footballcompetition schedules, club marketing management, lack of awareness of club manager from newmethods of financing, Limited use of creative directors with financial and business expertise in differentlevels of football industry.
