Sports Management in School, College and Universities

Abstract

Sports management is a relatively new concept in India taught in very few institutes across the country. Sports and games are important for the holistic development of the individual. Today, sports of several kinds are played across nations and with the passage of time huge amounts of money, name, fame, glamour and media attention have become an integral part of any sport. Today, professional sports management companies are mushrooming all across the country especially in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Hyderabad and the need for trained professionals in such companies has also grown manifold. Sports management is the study of planning, supervising and organizing various sporting activities like international and domestic tournaments for cricket, football, hockey, golf, and several other games. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the richest cricketing body in the world has taken the first step towards appointing a full time CEO in the organization. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is also making it compulsory for all the National Football League Playing clubs to appoint a full time paid CEO to look after the Management of these clubs. Sports Management is a good subject if you are a lover of sports and want to mix business with it. There is no universally accepted classification of Sports management functions. This is because different authors, who were considering different organizations, gave separate classification of management functions. Sports management is similar to the general or administrative management; it performs the same functions as are performed by the management.