Sectors of Leisure and Recreation for Football and Swimming

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Sectors of Leisure and Recreation for Football and Swimming

Introduction

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I have chosen football and swimming as the sports for this

investigation. I felt football would be appropriate as it is a major

global industry, which generates billions of pounds. In the UK it is a

sport, which is of huge importance to all sections of the media.

[IMAGE]Statistics show that swimming is the most popular physical

sport (after walking) in the UK according to the national statistics

online 2002. However unlike football swimming suffers from a lack of

financial support, mainly because it is largely an amateur sport and

has very little media coverage. In my investigation I will look at

some of the differences and similarities between the two sports, and

will use areas like the scale of the sport, organisation and funding,

the impact of the mass media and future trends in my chosen sport to

allow me to make this comparison

The scale of football and its economic importance

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There are many different sectors in the football industry these

include;

Participants - professional (full and part time) and amateurs

Administration and Regulators - the football association (the sports

governing bodies) with its regional and local organisations and the

football league.

Professional football clubs - the majority of these are limited

companies (although there are an number of plc) with full and part

time employees in different area's such as safety, marketing,

merchandising, security, catering, administration and finance.

Professional footballers association - (PFA) this association is based

in London and Manchester, this is know as the professional body which

represents all professional players in England and Wales

Volunteers - nowadays thousands of people give up their own time to

coach or support the numerous local league clubs (male and female)

thorough the UK.

Referees association - this association is located in Coventry and has

350 local societies and represents over 17,000 referees in the UK. The

association provides referees with advice guidance and support.

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