RESEARCH METHODS-SPORTS

Research Methods in Sports- Football, Finance and University

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Problem Statement1

Research Aims and Objectives1

Literature Review2

Financial Crisis and Football Sports3

Student Football Players and Professional Football Players3

The Role of Dispute Resolution Chamber4

The Association of European Clubs4

Importance of Financial Level Playing Field for Development of Football Sport4

Players Value5

Football players Brand equity5

Effect of Financial Level Playing Field on the Players and Fans in 21 Century6

Financing of Football players6

The Perverse Effects of Football-Business7

The Football7

Salaries of Football Player8

Future Research8

Research Approach8

The Research Process9

Research Instrument10

Data analysis10

Data Collection10

Literature Search10

Ethical Considerations11

Conclusion11

References13

Research Methods in Sports- Football, Finance and University

Introduction

The football is special and is the ultimate sport for the masses. This game is famous all over the world. Football is considered to be the sport that is famous among the people of all the age groups. The football competitions are being watched in the whole world. This sport is also provides an opportunity for the people to show their strong connection and patriotism when their team plays on the local and international grounds. This is one of the reasons that football has direct impact on the culture and nationalism. There are various other fields in which the game of football causes its effects such as politics and economy (Williams, 2010, pp. 380).

Problem Statement

This study is limited to the Football, finance and university, and revolves around identifying the finance benefits of being footballer effects the choices of a university student.

Research Aims and Objectives

The aims and objectives of this research proposal are to:

To identify finance benefits for the football players

To understand the Importance of Financial Level Playing Field for Development of Football Sport

Research Questions

Based on the above objectives, research questions are necessary to specify and provide even further guidance on how the study's main issues can be addressed. These questions are to be answered at the end of this investigation and will be used to draw a final conclusion from the research conducted. Following are the research questions:

What are the finance benefits for football players?

What is the Importance of Financial Level Playing Field for Development of Football Sport?

Literature Review

The concept of a level playing field is related with the fairness of the game that is implied on each player of the game. In every sport, rules are equally implied on all the players; however, circumstances under which each player comes to play are not the same. Thus, the field level playing is related with the rules and regulations that are implemented on each player of the game. As the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) is typically associated with the football thus, the level playing field in the football sports is commonly discussed with respect to the financial perspective. Football is considered to be the sport that is famous among the people of all the age groups. The football competitions are being watched in the whole world. The football competitions include FIFA, CAF, AFC, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, UEFA, OFC etc (Slave, 2001, pp. 61).

These are the competitions that held at different time periods. However, among them the most crucial one is ...