Koronavirüs (Covid-19) Salgınının Spor Organizasyonlarına Etkisi ve Sporda Normalleşme Süreci

Ali Gürel GÖKSEL-
2020 Turkish Studies  
The coronavirus, which started to be mentioned in the last days of 2019, spread rapidly all over the world at the beginning of 2020 and caused the death of more than 600 thousand people in parallel with the increase in the number of cases. With the World Health Organization making a pandemic decision, significant restrictions (stopping travels, interrupting education, social distance rule, cancellation of crowded organizations etc.) have been implemented in all countries. Considered the nature
more » ... f the globalizing sports industry, there are relationship-based sports events that bring athletes together; it can be said that fans and media professionals will only serve to increase the potential threat to the spread of the disease. Postponing sports organizations are among these measures. The prolongation of the process caused the sports industry to start to shake economically, as in all sectors. This review study focuses on the effects of postponing or cancellation of large sports organizations due to the Covid-19 pandemic on the sports industry and possible financial consequences, the expectations of sports fans about the conditions that must be created in normalization process to decide participating sports events again even Covid-19 still exists. This study also provides several recommendations to individuals and officials who are in charge of organizing sports events. The fact that sports organizations will be launched within the framework of certain policies and rules will also add extra costs to sports clubs and federations. For this reason, all states should undertake some of the extra burdens on the clubs and federations by providing a little more economic support to the sports industry during this normalization process. Structured Abstract: Rationale/Purpuse: The coronavirus, which started to be mentioned in the last days of 2019, spread rapidly all over the world at the beginning of 2020 and caused the death of more than 600 thousand people in parallel with the increase in the number of cases. With the World Health Organization making a pandemic decision, significant restrictions (stopping travels, interrupting education, social distance rule, cancellation of crowded organizations etc.) have been implemented in all countries. Postponing sports organizations are among these measures. The prolongation of the process caused the sports industry to start to shake economically, as in all sectors. Design/methodology/approach: This study examined the literature with review approach.
doi:10.7827/turkishstudies.44314 fatcat:p3f7fnya6vdjrdibslqmxpukui