Volume 11, Issue 22 (12-2021)                   JRSM 2021, 11(22): 20-39 | Back to browse issues page


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1- University of Tabriz
2- University of Tabriz , v.javani@tabrizu.ac.ir
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The outbreak of the corona virus has had a significant impact on the economic situation of sport, and professional football has not been immune to these effects. This article discusses the main effects of this crisis on professional football. To conduct this research, 32 research articles published in 2020 in the list of authoritative publications of the Ministry of Science and Google Scholar database related to the research topic were reviewed. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The results of this analysis indicate 13 categories of effects of this virus in football. These effects were collected in two main categories. The first category includes the negative effects of corona on football, including the effects of corona on players, referees, the right to television broadcasting of clubs and football clubs, and the importance of fans and the impact of empty stadiums on club economies and corona financial losses on football. The next category is the positive effects of the corona virus in football, which also includes the readiness of the clubs, the positive effects of the corona virus on the referees, the environment, the low probability of harm to spectators, innovation, increasing solidarity and entrepreneurship. The study also briefly discusses the effects of the Corona virus on Iranian football.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: sport management
Received: 2021/01/14 | Accepted: 2021/04/19 | ePublished ahead of print: 2021/04/19 | Published: 2022/02/10

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