Foreign ownership and local fans: Turkish football fans’ perspective

IF 1.2 Q3 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Physical Culture and Sport Studies and Research Pub Date : 2021-01-29 DOI:10.2478/pcssr-2021-0003

Mücahit Fişne, Sait Bardakçı, S. Hasaan

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Abstract

Abstract Foreign investors have been very active in football clubs in many different countries. These clubs see significant benefits from foreign investment. However, in Turkey, this practice has not yet been implemented. Furthermore, there has been no general discussion about the applicability of this system in Turkish clubs, despite almost all Turkish football clubs being in a state of financial turmoil. To fill this void, this study aims to research the views of Turkish football fans regarding the possible sale of their club to a foreign investor. A total of 1172 football fans across Turkey completed a questionnaire form for the research. The distributions of fans’ views were analyzed by forming crosstabs and using the chi-square test of independence. A total of 66.8% of Turkish fans who participated in the research are against the possible sale of their club to a foreign investor, while 33.2% of the fans support this situation. Additionally, 55.5% of the fans think they have adequate information about club ownership, whereas 44.5% of them think they do not have adequate information. Also, desire for financial return, sporting success, and corporate management were found as reasons to support foreign ownership while nationalism and a sense of belonging to a club were found as reasons to oppose foreign ownership. The study indicates that fans oppose or support the idea of foreign ownership for various reasons. The study describes these factors in the context of past studies and also presents the path for future research.

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外国所有权和当地球迷:土耳其球迷的视角

外国投资者对许多国家的足球俱乐部都非常活跃。这些俱乐部看到了外国投资带来的巨大收益。然而，在土耳其，这一做法尚未得到实施。此外，尽管几乎所有的土耳其足球俱乐部都处于财政动荡的状态，但关于这一制度在土耳其俱乐部中的适用性并没有进行普遍的讨论。为了填补这一空白，本研究旨在研究土耳其球迷对其俱乐部可能出售给外国投资者的看法。土耳其共有1172名球迷填写了调查问卷。采用交叉表法和独立性卡方检验分析球迷观点的分布。在参与调查的土耳其球迷中，66.8%的人反对将俱乐部出售给外国投资者，而33.2%的球迷支持这种情况。此外，55.5%的球迷认为他们对俱乐部的所有权有足够的了解，而44.5%的球迷认为他们没有足够的信息。此外，对经济回报的渴望、对体育成绩的渴望、对企业经营的渴望是支持外资所有权的理由，而反对外资所有权的理由是民族主义和对俱乐部的归属感。该研究表明，球迷出于各种原因反对或支持外国所有权的想法。本研究在过去研究的背景下描述了这些因素，并提出了未来研究的路径。

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Physical Culture and Sport Studies and Research HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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期刊介绍： Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research is directed to the representatives of the social sciences of sport (philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, pedagogues, managers of sport, and theoreticians of sport from particular or general point of view). The main goal of the journal is to present the most current (and only the best) papers from European, Western and Eastern countries of the world. It focuses on symbolic, axiological, and comparative aspects of contemporary sport. We dedicated this journal to humanists, social researchers, students, and practitioners.