Parallel Bodies in Sports Industry: Risk to Reputation, Regulatory Process, Resources and Talent

Authors

Binish Khan PhD Scholar, National College of Business Administration & Economics Author
Ghulam Abid PhD Scholar, National College of Business Administration & Economics Author
Alia Ahmed Assistant Professor, National College of Business Administration & Economics Author

parallel bodies,, sport industry, sport federation, risk event, magnitude of risk

Development of sports within a country is dependent upon the federations that manage and organize them, and any

instability in either its infrastructure or in running of these federations, puts the sports of a particular country at a risk

of deterioration. Conflicts within and in between sport federations usually occur due to the money, power and

authority vested in them resulting in certain negative consequences. The federations fight to avail sport related

privileges and while doing so divert from their actual goals and cause damage to sport development. . The current

research explores causes of risk event (formation of parallel bodies) and its impact (severe damage to sports), in

context of sports in Pakistan. Furthermore, it also proposes ways to get rid of the factors responsible for the afore-

mentioned risk event and suggests methods to secure federations in case if this risk event ensues. The results

indicate that this type of risk event is damaging for all kinds of sports, from grass root to national and international

levels. It harms not only the sport persons, but also sports structures, resources and talents and puts the reputation of

sports federations at stake.