An analytical study of the most important difficulties facing financial funding from government institutions sponsoring football sports clubs

Abstract

The aim of the research was to build a measure of the difficulties of government financial funding for the administrative bodies of sports clubs participating in the Iraqi Stars Football League for the sports season (2024-2025) .Identifying the difficulties of financial funding for sports clubs from the point of view of the administrative bodies, and representing the research question ( What are the most important difficulties faced by sports club administrations in financial funding by the government institution sponsoring them?)The objectives of the research were to build a measure of the difficulties of government financial funding for sports clubs, and to identify the difficulties of financial funding for sports clubs from the point of view of the administrative bodies. The research methodology was represented by the descriptive approach in the analytical method and correlational relationships, concerned with studying and describing the phenomenon under study and finding correlations for the terms of the scale prepared by the researchers. The research community was represented and appointed by the members of the administrative bodies of the sports clubs participating in the Stars League of Iraq for the sports season (2024-2025) in football. The  terms of the scale in its initial form were (30 phrases) and were formulated in a clear and understandable manner and did not carry more than Meaning  and of the shortened type to prevent the dispersion of the sample. The scale is represented by three alternatives (agree 3 degrees) (sometimes 2 degrees) ( disagree 1 degree), and the scale includes (24 phrases) after the procedures of apparent validity and was presented to the sample of the  exploratory experiment selected from the original community (10) to know some of the difficulties facing the building samples (90) individuals  and the application (65) individuals. The researchers, after using statistical means, reached a set of conclusions, including (the effectiveness of the  scale of the difficulties of government financing of  sports clubs in identifying the difficulties of financial financing of sports clubs from the point of  view of the administrative bodies, The sponsoring institutions of sports clubs believe that the failure to achieve positive results in sports competitions is a waste of public money) and the researchers reached a set of recommendations, including (interest in sports schools in the club to nurture talent and invest in the future