| dc.contributor.advisor | Joseph, Jerome | |
| dc.contributor.author | D'Souza, Adrian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-16T11:36:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-11-16T11:36:56Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2007 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11718/18718 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | SP;001498 | |
| dc.subject | Sports organizations - India | en_US |
| dc.title | Study of types of sports organizations and their impact on development of sports in India | en_US |
| dc.type | Student Project | en_US |
| dcterms.abstract | India’s performance in world sport has been abysmally poor in the post-independence era.It has been mentioned on numerous occasions that there are a hundred problems plaguing the development of sports in the country like lack of interest at the grassroots level, improper infrastructure, and insufficient opportunities.However, in the face of this challenges, a number of organizations have been able to make an impact on the development of sport in the country.This study attempts to look at what are the factors that have set these organizations apart from the rest.Different types of sports academies have been studied with a view to determining their different structures and models and also looking at the impact they have had on sports development. Also studied are their financing structure and the scalability and replicability of these models.
The academies that have been studied are focused on football and cricket and range from the TATA Football academy and the MRF Pace Foundation to smaller academies like Soccernova Football Academy and entirely different concepts like the Providence Football Club.The main models that emerged from the study are fee-based models, corporate sponsored and managed academies and also association run.Some of the others models are sponsorship driven local leagues and clubs offering employment opportunities to its players by way of its business subsidiaries.
The main conclusions are the need for the associations to give more autonomy to the academies run by them in order to encourage a more professional set-up.The need for encouraging corporate sponsored academies is also highlighted together with the need for these academies to develop regional centers also in order to make development more broad-based and sustainable.Individuals also have an important role to play- however, financing and infrastructure issues will make the initial going tough for such academies. | |
