Prioritizing the Eghtesad-e-Moghavemati’s Indices in Sport and Its Impact on the Development of Sport Economy

Sports can be used as an effective and efficient and, at the same time, as an affordable tool in achieving the goals of the sports industry. In order to achieve this goal, important management tools and economic models play a key role. Therefore, this study aims to investigate and examine the indices of Eghtesad-e-Moghavemati in sport and its impact on the development of the economy of sports. Quantitative method is used in this study. The sample includes 120 economists familiar with sports issues, professors of sport management at the universities, activists in the sport economy and experts in the field of Eghtesad-e-Moghavemati. In this research, we used a closed questionnaire of Eghtesad-e-Moghavemati’s on sports and a questionnaire of the development of sports economy. Descriptive statistics is used in the categorization of the findings. In the testing process of the hypothesis, the Kolmogorov Smirnov test, Friedman test and multivariate regression test were used, using 22th version of SPSS software. The results, extracted from the Friedman test and concerning to six indices of Eghtesad-e-Moghavemati in sport, showed that Eghtesad-e-Moghavemati’s indices do not have an equal importance. The index of the economy with an active diplomacy has the highest average and an economy with reducing dependence on oil has the lowest average amongst the indices. According to the results of multiple regression tests, it can be said that Eghtesad-e-Moghavemati’s indices will succeed in the development and expansion of the sports industry.