Sport Management Studies

Analysis and Prioritizing the Barriers of Presence of Women as Spectators in Football Stadiums in Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Akram Farahani 1
Ezatollah Shah Mansouri 2
Zeinab Mondalizadeh 3

1 M.Sc. of Sport Management, Azad University of Arak

2 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Azad University of Arak

3 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Arak University

https://doi.org/10.22089/smrj.2019.7266.2541
Abstract
The purpose of the research is to analyze and prioritize the barriers of presence of women as the spectators in sports stadiums in the field of football.The research method was qualitative and the Delphi approach was used. The qualitative section included collaborators in the Delphi panel. In the Delphi panel, 23 people in the first round and 16 in the second and third rounds participated in the research, of which 9 were university professors, 7 clerics, and 7 police personnel. Purposeful sampling method was used. After collecting the data from the Delphi approach, a hierarchical analysis questionnaire was used to prioritize the barriers. Based on the agreement of experts, political, security, cultural-social, infrastructure and management components were among the obstacles for the presence of women in sports complexes. Political barriers with an average weight of 0.525 had the highest priority and then management barriers with an average weight of 0.249, socio-cultural barriers with an average weight of 0.104 infrastructure barriers with an average weight of 0.886 and security barriers with an average weight of 0.035 arranged. It seems that even women's issues in the field of sport have been politically motivated, which places sport in opposition to education, and given that sport is a topic that can be considered an opportunity and a threat, it is better to separate it from political affairs, because the health of the urban community and citizens is about to engage in sport in a safe environment.

Keywords

Obstacles
Football Stadiums
Women's Presence
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Sport Management Studies
Volume 12, Issue 61
July and August 2020
Pages 147-170

  • Receive Date 14 April 2019
  • Revise Date 31 July 2019
  • Accept Date 04 September 2019

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