np4234 Problems of Professional Sports Clubs

Faculty of Sports Studies
autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Oldřich Racek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. František Kalouda, CSc., MBA (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Milena Strachová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Martin Vyroubal (seminar tutor)
Ing. František Kalouda, CSc., MBA (seminar tutor)
Bc. Veronika Kubíčková (assistant)
PhDr. Michal Vít, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Milena Strachová, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Education and Social Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Sport Performance and Exercise Testing – Faculty of Sports Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BOZP_OK ( bozp_po_stud ) && BOZP_OK ( bozp_po_stud_fsps )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
To acquaint students with the emergence of professionalism in the world and the professional sports club and it’s functioning in sports games.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
Discuss the historical development of professional sports club;
Explain the operation of a professional sports club;
Assess the competitive balance of the individual leagues;
Measure the performance of a sports club;
Describe the funding of domestic and foreign professional sports club in sports games;
Interpret club valuation principles;
Explain the valuation of players
Discuss the role of player unions in the North American leagues;
Characterize the position of professional sports clubs in the Czech sporting environment;
Develop teamwork within the solving specific problems of sports practice in this area.

In addition, the graduate of the course will have critical knowledge of financial management at a professional level. They will be able to use these in practice, especially in problem areas:
- evaluating the effectiveness of the organisation (financial analysis), as well as
- the evaluation of the effectiveness of the organisation's investment plans (the area of investment effectiveness evaluation),
- budget development and implementation,
- costing and
- obtaining sources of financing for sports activities.
Syllabus
  • The structure of the sports an environment: associations, groups, clubs, national and international leagues etc.;
  • D between European and North American concepts of professional leagues in team sports games, differences in goals, individual and team sports;
  • Closed and open sport competition, used regulatory instruments, performance indicators of clubs and leagues;
  • Professionalization of the sport and its impact on sports legislation, labor relations, players market, talented players market;
  • Players' unions, collective bargaining;
  • The most important tax payments at a sports club in the Czech Republic, Europe and USA;
  • Four models of financing according by Andreff, contributions from sport federations;
  • Financing: public sector of CZ- state, local government, EU, private sector - investors, sponsorships, business; TV Rights: individual and collective sales, cost structure and revenue of Czech clubs, compared with other countries;
  • valuation of sports club sports and players;
  • fan as a specific client, clubs care about the fans and their cultivation, spectator violence.
  • evaluation of the organization's efficiency (area of financial analysis),
  • - evaluating the effectiveness of the organisation's investment plans (investment effectiveness evaluation area),
  • - budget development and implementation,
  • - costing and
  • - obtaining sources of funding for sports activities.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • FORT, R. and J. MAXCY. Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues: An Introduction. Journal of Sports Economics. 2003, vol. 4, No 2, p. 154–160. info
  • FORT, R. and J. QUIRK. Cross-subsidization, incentives, and outcomes in professional team sports leagues. Journal of Economic Literature. 1995, vol. 33, p. 1265-1299. info
Teaching methods
lectures, individual home study, small group class discussion, presentations by professionals in the sectors, reading, discussions, educational films
Assessment methods
The student will complete the following during the semester: 1. three written tests - 2 of which must be passed in order to be admitted to the oral examination
2. a team project presentation
3. a final oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023.
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