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Chapter 3 – Nonprofit sport
• Nonprofit sector and society• Nonprofit sector and sport• Governing bodies of sport• Sport club environment• Government intervention• Issues for the nonprofit sport sector• Summary
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Nonprofit organizations
• Nonprofit organizations are:– Separate from the State– Do not return profits to owners– Self governing– Significant element of volunteers– Formally incorporated
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Nonprofit sector and society
• Concept of citizen engagement• Major part of the economy• Covers social, religious, charitable, philanthropic
and sport related activities• Most nonprofit groups target an area or a
specific population group• Issues finding volunteers, board members and
funding
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Non-profit sector and sport
• Sport event organizations, training, fitness, facilities
• Social clubs, touring clubs, associations• Service clubs• Particular interest:
– Professional service organizations– Industry lobby groups– Sport event organizations– Sport governing bodies
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ACHPER
• Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
• Promote sport opportunities
• Professional development
• Accredit and train people
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CCPR
• Central Council of Physical Education
• Represents interests of national sport organizations
• Lobby government
• Influence government policy
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IOC
• International Olympic Committee
• Supervize the staging of Olympics
• Fulfil the Olympic charter
• Work with International Federations
• Auspices WADA
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CGF
• Commonwealth Games Federation
• Supervize the staging of Games
• Education assistance for sports development
• Work with 53 countries
• Funding via governments, games rights, sponsorship, ticket sales, licensing and merchandizing
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IPC
• International Paralympic Committee
• Organizes games
• Multi-disability sports
• Similar to specific disabled sports organizations
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Nonprofit focus
• Exist to facilitate sporting opportunities
• Interdependent
• Volunteers are central to their operation
• Professional paid staff
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Governing bodies of sport
• Hierarchical system– Governance– Management– Administration
• Rely on cooperation and negotiation to operate
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Netball
• International Netball Federation Limited (IFNA)• Netball Australia• Netball Victoria• Regional Associations• Clubs and or teams
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Sports club environment
• Administrators– Chairperson or president– Treasurer– Secretary– Volunteer coordinator
• Coaches• Officials• General volunteers
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Government intervention
• Volunteer management program
• ‘Whole of sport’ plans
• Sport England Clubmark programme
• Seeking to influence the quality of people running the system
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Issues for nonprofit sport
• Litigious nature of society and insurance cost• Trend toward informal participation• Market competition• Capacity problems• Governance and management systems• Performance measures