Designing an Interpretive Structural Model of the Reasons for Media not Supporting Talent Management in Iranian Football

The purpose of this research is to design an interpretive structural model of the reasons for media not supporting talent management in Iranian football with an interpretive structural modeling approach. The research conducted by mixed method (qualitative and quantitative). In the first step, thematic analysis and in the second step, interpretative structural modeling was done. The statistical population in both qualitative and quantitative parts, due to the expert-centeredness of the interpretive structural modeling approach, included a group of experts, including professors in the field of sports management and sports media, managers of the football federation and provincial boards, all of whom were interviewed. Two methods of thematic analysis (MAXQDA software) and Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) (Excel software) were used to analyze the data. Five main themes were identified for the reasons of media not supporting talent management in Iranian football: nature, managerial, human, facilities and economic. Nature and facilities factors are affected by other factors and have little effect on the others. Management and economic factors affect other factors and are affected by them, and finally, the human factor itself has a great influence on other factors, but the influence of other factors on it is small.