Entrepreneurship in the Russian Sports Industry: Current Development Trends

This article attempts to investigate the current state of affairs in the development of entrepreneurship in the Russian sports industry, as well as to show their possible perspectives. This issue is very relevant today, because the state sets the task of starting to earn to sports organizations and organizers of sports events, bearing in mind commercial sources of income, because in the coming years there will be a phased reduction in funding from the budget, especially if it comes to professional sports. The purpose of this study is to analyze how entrepreneurship in the sports industry is developing today, bearing in mind different types of sports, and why it is necessary to develop specialized entrepreneurship studying programs in sports. Among the main objectives of the study: to show successful examples and practices of entrepreneurship development in different segments of the sports industry and to explain the possibilities of entrepreneurship development in sports, taking into account the emergence and implementation of specialized studying programs, primarily additional education programs. This article presents the author’s own vision of how entrepreneurship is developing today in mass and corporate sports, as well as in the fitness industry. The article uses various research methods, including comparative analysis and statistical methods. The scientific results include an analysis of the potential audience of such specialized studying programs and the direction of development of targeted programs, including various sports and functional areas. The justification of the need for aspiring entrepreneurs to be trained in additional education programs (advanced training and professional retraining) is given. In the next article, the author will try to more specifically form a model of professional competencies for entrepreneurship training programs in sports.