Influencing Factors on the Sports Business: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Approach through Championship Sports

Purpose: Sports business development is a tool to facilitate sustainable development goals. The research aimed to identify the factors affecting the development of championship sports and their role in promoting the seventeen sustainable development goals.Methodology: The qualitative research was gr...

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Main Authors: Makki Mohmmed Safi, Rasool Nazari, Hassanin Abdul Wahed Abbas, Khosro Jalai Dehkordi
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Published: Alzahra University 2025-02-01
Series:Sports Business Journal
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Online Access:https://sbj.alzahra.ac.ir/article_8240_c3b5223c38bf3cdb3ac660ff6a45b954.pdf
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author Makki Mohmmed Safi
Rasool Nazari
Hassanin Abdul Wahed Abbas
Khosro Jalai Dehkordi
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description Purpose: Sports business development is a tool to facilitate sustainable development goals. The research aimed to identify the factors affecting the development of championship sports and their role in promoting the seventeen sustainable development goals.Methodology: The qualitative research was grounded in an interpretive paradigm and utilized thematic analysis. Using a targeted method, in-depth interviews were conducted with seventeen sports organizations, including universities, the Ministry of Sports and Youth, and federations. Analysis was carried out using Castleberry and Nolen's (2018) five-step model, which involves compiling, disassembling, reassembling, interpreting, and concluding. The quality of the findings was validated by calculating the percentage of coding agreement and by establishing the codes through three interview participants.Findings: Challenges include infrastructural and physical, general, programmatic, financial, economic and business, and attitudinal-cognitive. Basic measures include manpower supply, talent acquisition, culture building, education, and research. Advanced measures include emulating prosperous countries, providing sustainable financial, economic, and business resources, environmental solutions, and creating a professional labor market. Supportive factors include human and media support, which are identified as the study's main sub-themes. The development of championship sports can significantly impact the facilitation of the fourth goal, which includes ensuring equal quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities. To promote sustainability in elite sports in Iraq while breaking the cycle of the current system, it is crucial to focus on the essential social processes and basic and advanced stabilization measures. This will help establish a stable framework for elite sports in Iraq, providing positive internal and external functions.Originality: The innovation of this article focuses on the role of championship sports in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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spelling doaj-art-9caba7d122f643eeb0d949ae36bd0cca2025-08-20T02:37:38ZengAlzahra UniversitySports Business Journal2783-543X2783-41742025-02-0151537310.22051/sbj.2024.47276.11588240Influencing Factors on the Sports Business: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Approach through Championship SportsMakki Mohmmed Safi0Rasool Nazari1Hassanin Abdul Wahed Abbas2Khosro Jalai Dehkordi3PhD Student in Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.Associate Professor of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.Assistant Professor of Sports Management, Al. Qasim Green University, Babel, Iraq.Associate Professor of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.Purpose: Sports business development is a tool to facilitate sustainable development goals. The research aimed to identify the factors affecting the development of championship sports and their role in promoting the seventeen sustainable development goals.Methodology: The qualitative research was grounded in an interpretive paradigm and utilized thematic analysis. Using a targeted method, in-depth interviews were conducted with seventeen sports organizations, including universities, the Ministry of Sports and Youth, and federations. Analysis was carried out using Castleberry and Nolen's (2018) five-step model, which involves compiling, disassembling, reassembling, interpreting, and concluding. The quality of the findings was validated by calculating the percentage of coding agreement and by establishing the codes through three interview participants.Findings: Challenges include infrastructural and physical, general, programmatic, financial, economic and business, and attitudinal-cognitive. Basic measures include manpower supply, talent acquisition, culture building, education, and research. Advanced measures include emulating prosperous countries, providing sustainable financial, economic, and business resources, environmental solutions, and creating a professional labor market. Supportive factors include human and media support, which are identified as the study's main sub-themes. The development of championship sports can significantly impact the facilitation of the fourth goal, which includes ensuring equal quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities. To promote sustainability in elite sports in Iraq while breaking the cycle of the current system, it is crucial to focus on the essential social processes and basic and advanced stabilization measures. This will help establish a stable framework for elite sports in Iraq, providing positive internal and external functions.Originality: The innovation of this article focuses on the role of championship sports in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.https://sbj.alzahra.ac.ir/article_8240_c3b5223c38bf3cdb3ac660ff6a45b954.pdfeconomicinfrastructuralsport businesssustainable development
spellingShingle Makki Mohmmed Safi
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Influencing Factors on the Sports Business: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Approach through Championship Sports
Sports Business Journal
economic
infrastructural
sport business
sustainable development
title Influencing Factors on the Sports Business: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Approach through Championship Sports
title_full Influencing Factors on the Sports Business: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Approach through Championship Sports
title_fullStr Influencing Factors on the Sports Business: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Approach through Championship Sports
title_full_unstemmed Influencing Factors on the Sports Business: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Approach through Championship Sports
title_short Influencing Factors on the Sports Business: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Approach through Championship Sports
title_sort influencing factors on the sports business united nations sustainable development goals approach through championship sports
topic economic
infrastructural
sport business
sustainable development
url https://sbj.alzahra.ac.ir/article_8240_c3b5223c38bf3cdb3ac660ff6a45b954.pdf
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