An Analytical Study on Iranian Sport Management by Emphasizing on the Sport Privatization (Until the End of Third Development Period :1978 – 2004)

The research is to analytically study the Iranian sport management by emphasizing on the sport privatization (until the end of third development period: 1978 - 2004). The statistical population in content analysis was the document and evidences that exist in the press and important sport centers of the country, such as Ministry of Sport and Youth, sport and youth administrations of the provinces and the sport federations. Also, in the analytical and descriptive section, the faculty members of the sport management major in the universities and higher education centers were 200 people, and as a sample, 50 of them that had executive responsibilities in the sport were selected. The library method was used for collecting the required information. So that, by referring to press, Ministry of Sport and Youth, sport and youth administration of the sport federations and provinces, documents, reports, valid evidences and documents related to privatization after Iranian revolution were used. In the second stage based on collected data, a questionnaire with 32 questions was prepared. Formal validity and content of questionnaires confirmed by 15 sport management experts and reliability in a preliminary study with 30 triable was 78%. For analyzing the collected data, the descriptive statistical methods were used such as frequency distribution table and chi-square statistical methods with SPSS software. The results showed that during 1978 - 1988, there was a significant statistical difference in the number of the private sport places. Also, there was a significant statistical difference in the number of the private sport places in the third period and the number of the public sport places that are assigned to private sector. There was a significant statistical difference between the amount of the public and private sector investment in the sport places, too.