Analyzing the conditions for the privatization of professional Iranian football clubs through the capital market

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the conditions of privatization of professional football clubs in Iran through the capital market. This research is of an applied type in terms of purpose because the results of this research can be used for all organizations, and in terms of implementation, it is of a descriptive-survey type. The statistical population of the study is all football clubs that are present in the Iranian Premier Football League. The sample size using the Cochran formula was 384 club managers, club coaches, club players, university professors, football experts, football experts, sports doctoral students, sports journalists and stock market experts. Accordingly, the non-probability sampling method is purposeful, so considering the unlimited number of statistical population, it is considered as the minimum sample. A total of 384 questionnaires were completed and collected perfectly. After collecting the questionnaires, they were subjected to statistical analysis. Then, using frequency tables and graphs, a description of the status of demographic indicators and research hypotheses was presented. Then, in order to reject or confirm the hypotheses, the research hypotheses were tested based on the results obtained from examining the questions using inferential statistics. In the descriptive statistics of the research, research variables such as mean, standard deviation and variance are examined. After that, in inferential statistics, confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the validity of the questionnaire, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine the research questions with the help of SmartPLS 3 software. The findings showed that the path coefficient between the variable of privatization conditions of professional Iranian football clubs and the capital market is 0.630 and the t-statistic is 8.199. It can be said that the conditions for privatization of professional Iranian football clubs through the capital market are possible.