Abstract
Much of the debate about the future of indigenous football codes such as Australian Rules and Gaelic football has centred on the possibility that in the future their popularity will be eroded by the increasing power of soccer. Several commentators have envisaged a future in which sports that operate in a global marketplace will ‘crowd out’ sports that have been traditionally popular in certain parts of the world. This article will examine these predictions critically, and will suggest several reasons why in the future, the range of sports that is played, watched, and followed with passion, is likely to continue to vary from nation to nation, and even from region to region. The article will argue that the success of any particular football code is most likely to be affected by the effectiveness of its own organisation and management, rather than whether or not there are ‘global’ competitors to it.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 355-368 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Economic Papers |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |
Keywords
- Economic restructuring of sports
- Football codes
- Globalisation