Field-Configuring Institutional Work in Mega-Events: The UEFA European Football Championship

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muriel Mignerat ◽  
Luc K. Audebrand
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Work ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
European Football

Examining Stakeholder Outlooks on Football Policing and Security: The Case of Euro 2020

2021 ◽  
pp. 019372352110436
Author(s):  
Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Stakeholder Perceptions ◽  
Related Event ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
European Football ◽  
The Postponement

In the case of the 2020 Union of European Football Associations European Championship in men's football (‘Euro 2020’), this article investigates stakeholder perceptions on the ‘policing’ of fans. On a European-wide scale, the policing of fans is a contested topic. Meanwhile, the policing and security efforts required for sport mega-events like Euro 2020, uniquely planned to be staged in 12 different countries, require years of planning and enormous resources. Adding to this, the Championship's timeline was prolonged following the coronavirus disease-2019-related event postponement. Drawing from original insights from documentary research and qualitative interviews conducted before the postponement, this article argues that stakeholders strongly advocated for a communication and dialogue-based approach to fans. More specifically for Euro 2020, consistency in the policing approaches across all 12 countries was highlighted by stakeholders as being of paramount importance for fans’ security perceptions. The study thus extends existing insights into football policing and the wider understanding of security and policing in the present-day world.

scholarly journals When ‘the show’ cannot go on: An investigation into sports mega-events and responses during the pandemic crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 101269022110201
Author(s):  
Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
European Football ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the relationship between sports mega-events and the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. Focusing primarily on the 2020 Summer Olympics and Union of European Football Associations Euro 2020 in football – representing two mega-events that were postponed due to the pandemic – this article explores the emerging discourses from sport governing bodies, and how these organisations communicated their initial responses to the pandemic between February and May 2020. The article takes a digital qualitative research approach and draws upon frame analysed media sources and public communications. As it proceeds, this article first illuminates how global sports entered a temporary standstill and, second, how sport governing bodies positioned themselves with regard to responding to the global crisis from within the sporting sphere. Subsequently, this article emphasises how the relevant responses, as communicated by sport governing bodies, reflected the broader reactive and adaptive pandemic responses apparent within socio-political fields.

Rituals, Emotional Entrainment and National Identification

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 585-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian von Scheve ◽  
Sven Ismer ◽  
Marta Kozłowska ◽  
Carolina Solms-Baruth
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Multidimensional Measurement ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
National Identification ◽  
National Symbols ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
European Football ◽  
People’S Attitudes

Abstract Although the effects of nationalized mega-events on national identification have been theorized and examined by a number of studies, little is known about the specific mechanisms that bring about changes in people’s attitudes towards their country. The authors hypothesize that during nationwide rituals, in particular sports mega-events, participants experience collective emotional entrainment in the context of national symbols and practices that in turn increases their identification with their nation. The authors present results of a naturalistic quasi-experimental study around the 2012 uefa European Football Championship with participants from Germany, the United Kingdom, and Poland. Using a multidimensional measurement of national identification, the authors show that the experience of emotional entrainment is associated with changes in symbolic, civic, and solidary facets of identification in ways specific to the different national contexts.

Evaluating tourist behaviour in sport mega-events through a structural equation model

2017 ◽  
pp. 101-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcello Risitano ◽  
Rosaria Romano ◽  
Annarita Sorrentino ◽  
Michele Quintano
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
Tourist Behaviour

Metaphorik im Kommunikationsbereich der Sportfachsprachlichkeit

Fachsprache ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
Wenke Mückel
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
European Football ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
The Olympic Games

Metaphorical elements are a highly productive language means in live reports about sport events on TV. They occur in different relations to what is simultaneously seen on screen and depend on the reporter as well as on the special kind of sport. But nevertheless, general structures and functions of metaphors in those medium-bound oral texts can be indicated; as one of the markers they contribute to what is often called language of sport or maybe rather communicative template of sport. Examples taken from TV reports of the European Football Championship and the Olympic Games (both took place in 2016) are used to illustrate this character of metaphorical expressions in sport reports on TV.

The profitability of algorithmic trading systems based on football sentiment

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Raúl Gómez-Martínez ◽  
Camila Marqués-Bogliani ◽  
Jessica Paule-Vianez
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Futures Market ◽  
Algorithmic Trading ◽  
Investment Strategies ◽  
Measurable Effect ◽  
Behavioural Finance ◽  
Trading Systems ◽  
European Football

Behavioural finance has shown that investment decisions are the result of not just rational but also emotional brain processes. On the assumption that emotions affect financial markets, it would seem likely that football results might have a measurable effect on financial markets. To test this, this study describes three algorithmic trading systems based exclusively on the results of three top European football teams (Juventus, Bayern München and Paris St Germain) opening long or short positions in the next market season of the futures market of the index of each country (MIB (Milano Italia Borsa), DAX (Deutscher Aktien Index) and CAC (Cotation Assistée en Continu). Depending on the outcome of the last game played a long position was taken after a victory and a short position after a draw or defeat. The results showed that the algorithmic systems were profitable in the case of Juventus and Bayern whereas in the case of PSG, the system was profitable, but in an inverse way. This study shows that investment strategies that take account of sports sentiment could have a profitable outcome.

Involving Events as Cocreators of Destination Brand: The Case of South Savo Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-387
Author(s):  
Jenni Mikkonen ◽  
Ira Lahovuo
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Destination Branding ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
Destination Brand ◽  
Eastern Finland

Prior studies have recognized the importance of events in destination branding, but the focus has been on the roles of mega-events or sport events, while smaller cultural and freetime events have received far less attention. The stakeholder involvement in destination branding has also been attracting interest lately by many researchers, but there is lack of knowledge on how to utilize events in the branding processes. This study aims to fill the research gap through a case study in the South Savo region, eastern Finland. The purpose of this study is to examine the roles events have in destination branding, and how events are involved in cocreating the destination brand. The empirical data were collected through 13 semistructured interviews of event organizers and local tourism developers. The study identified four different roles and several involvement methods. The findings revealed the importance and potential of organized events in the branding, but it also revealed that they are not yet effectively utilized at the destination. However, there is a consensus about the importance of stakeholder involvement and a common will towards involving events in the branding process. The findings of this study can be utilized by tourism developers and stakeholders to improve destination branding processes.

Bidding for Sport Mega-Events

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
John K. Wilson ◽  
Bernhard Lobmayr ◽  
Richard Pomfret
Keyword(s):  
Mega Events
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