Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Shahid Chmran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, IranAhvaz, Iran.

2 Department of Sport Management, Sport Sciences Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

10.22059/jsm.2023.358800.3139

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of the current research was to identify and examine 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 all 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 (n =19).
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. According to the results of the present study, 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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Main Subjects

-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, (2006), Approved by the United Nations.