Do public subsidies and facility coverage matter for voluntary sports clubs? |
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| Institution: | 1. East Tennessee State University, Department of Sport, Exercise, Recreation, and Kinesiology, Box 70671, E224 MHSA Athletic Center, Johnson City, TN, 37614, United States;2. George Mason University, School of Recreation, Health and Tourism, 4400 University Drive, MS4D2, Fairfax, VA, 22030, United States;1. College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University; State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries (Northeastern University), Shenyang, Liaoning, 110819, China;2. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3131, USA;3. Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3367, USA;1. Department of Pediatrics, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon;2. Department of Surgery, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon;3. Department of Pathology, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon;4. Department of Obstetrics, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon;1. School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University, 124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia;2. Institute of Sport Business, Loughborough University London, 3 Lesney Avenue, The Broadcast Centre, Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E15 2GZ, United Kingdom;1. Institute for Health & Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;2. Tennis Australia Headquarters, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;1. Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Management, University of Florida, Florida Gym 304, P.O. Box 118208, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;2. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Isenberg School of Management, 121 Presidents Drive, Isenberg 255D, Amherst, MA 01003, USA |
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| Abstract: | In many countries, voluntary sports clubs are the main recipients of public subsidies regarding the provision of recreational sport, and the economically most important level of government is usually the local government (i.e. the municipalities). The purpose of this article is to examine whether and how municipal framework conditions matter for sports clubs. Inspired by previous studies, we examine the role of direct and indirect public subsidies as well as facility coverage. The authors conduct analyses on a general level (for all sports) and specifically for five sports (badminton, football, gymnastics, handball and swimming). The differentiation between sports allows us to examine how municipal framework conditions might be associated differently with density and participation across sports. In the statistical analyses, the authors apply data collected among all 98 Danish municipalities. The results show that the municipal levels of direct and indirect subsidies are weakly correlated with both the density of and participation in sports clubs, while stronger correlations can be identified with regard to facility coverage. The analyses for the five sports reveal that the supply of relevant facility types is – with few exceptions – positively correlated with sports club density and participation levels within each sport. Thus, facility coverage seems to play a more important role for sports clubs than the levels of indirect and particularly direct subsidies. |
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| Keywords: | Sports policy Sports management Sports participation Public funding Sports facilities Municipalities |
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