Investigating and explaining the consequences of implementing privatization in Iran's sport

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to design a paradigmatic pattern for the implementation of privatization in Iranian sport, which was developed by qualitative and developmental approach. The research population was consisted of all the managers and experts involved in sports privatization in the country. As it is a qualitative research, a total of 20 people selected using the snowball purposeful sampling technique. The data collection tool was interview. Interviews continued until the theoretical saturation stage was fulfilled. At the interview stage, when the 17th person was interviewed, the answers were duplicated and the researcher reached a theoretical saturation. The data obtained from interviews were analyzed in three stages of open, axial and selective coding. According to the analysis of the research participants' comments, five categories were identified as politicaleconomic consequences, social-cultural consequences, manpower implications, structural consequences, and outcomes of public-professional sport. According to the results of this study, privatization in Iran's sport has been affected by various conditions, which is far from the desired and expected situation. This situation can have adverse consequences; however, the government, with the establishment of workgroup specialized commissions for need assessment and legislation at the lower levels, reviewing the rules in the executive branch and reducing regulatory and reducing regulatory and interfering leverage, can take a step towards advancement of privatization goals of the country's sport.