Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Phd Student of sport management, faculty of Sport Sciences , Shahid chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor Sport Management , Sport Sciences Research Institute of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 Professor of Sport Management, Faculty of Sport Sciences ; Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
4 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of the current research was to identify the strengths and weaknesses of legal policy making in the field of championship sports for persons with disabilities.
Methods: This research was applied in terms of purpose and qualitative type, which was carried out by thematic analysis method. The statistical research community of officials of the National Paralympic Committee, Sports Federation for the Disable persons, Blind Sports Federation, Sports management experts familiar with the sport of persons with disabilities, experts in sports law and sports champions with disabilities. Sampling was done purposefully and by snowball method. The data collection tool was a depth semi-structured interview. The data was saturated after conducting 16 interviews, but to increase the confidence factor, 3 more interviews were conducted and analyzed.
Results: The findings showed that the legal policies made in the field of championship sports for persons with disabilities are placed in 6 areas, which include legislative, executive, financial, media, cultural and structural areas. It seems despite the positive results and obtaining favorable results in international and global competitions, the negative points of policies have been more than its positive points.
Conclusion: Therefore, it demands that the policy makers, in different areas of policy making, pay more attention to the negative points in order to maintain and improve the status of the championship sport of persons with disabilities in the world.
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