Invloed van voetbalclubs op de gemeentelijke overheid-een vergelijkend onderzoek bij clubs uit het betaalde voetbal

Samenvatting

Influence is taken to mean the extent to which football clubs' problems have been solved by local government in the Netherlands. Data on the following were obtained: (1) club problems: problem number = latent anticipation; (2) whether influence attempts have been made with the local government: manifest anticipation = ratio between influence attempts & problem number; & (3) whether these attempts were successful: tested influence = ratio between successes & attempts. Four hypotheses based on principles from exchange theory were tested. Results indicate that: (A) football clubs in the highest league & football clubs with increasing achievements over the last 10 years have more tested influence than other clubs; (B) football clubs in big cities do not have more influence than clubs in small cities; & (C) the higher the general level of governmental support for a club, the higher the club's influence; this implies a cumulation of relative advantages. An important result is that the strength of an institutional relation between club & government has an important impact on the club's influence. 6 Tables, Appendixes. Modified HA.