The economics of sport
Who pays for sport in France: households, local authorities, the State, businesses, TV rights and ticketing.
- 11 cards
- 4 topics
- Free
The outline, topic by topic
Each topic is weighted the way the exam weighs it.
- Concepts
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- Scenarios
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Sport spending: what is it?
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All the money spent on sport by households, local authorities, the State and businesses.
In France in 2023, households spent 27.6 billion euros on sport and public administrations 16.8 billion (INJEP): over 44 billion before even counting businesses.
A journalist says "sport is mainly football TV rights". What do you think?
- Wrong: households and local authorities fund most of it
- True: TV rights exceed household spending
- Wrong: the Ministry of Sport funds most of it
- Wrong: corporate sponsorship funds most of it
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Wrong: households and local authorities fund most of it
Professional sport is highly visible but weighs little in total spending: in 2023, 27.6 billion euros from households and 9 billion from local authorities, against 1.6 billion in broadcasting rights and 1.4 billion from the Ministry of Sport (INJEP).
Household spending: what is it?
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Individuals' purchases of equipment, clothing, licences and sports services.
It is the largest source of sport funding: 27.6 billion euros in 2023, more than all public administrations together (16.8 billion, INJEP).
Why are municipalities the largest public funders of sport?
- They pay the salaries of secondary-school PE teachers
- They build and maintain most facilities
- They collect TV rights to hand them out to clubs
- They pay the referees of federation championships
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They build and maintain most facilities
Gyms, stadiums and pools are mostly municipal: in 2023, municipalities and inter-municipal bodies spent 8.1 billion euros on sport, much of it on investment (INJEP). PE teachers are paid by the State.
Public funding: what is it?
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Money from local authorities and the State spent on sport.
In 2023, municipalities and inter-municipal bodies provided the largest share (8.1 billion euros out of 16.8), neck and neck with the State (7.9 billion, mostly the pay of PE teachers); the order flips in some years (INJEP).