The Future of Sports Governance – Beyond Autonomy

The Chartered Governance Institute's Future of Governance series turns its attention to the sports sector, assessing some of the key challenges facing national governing bodies as the environment in which they operate continues to evolve. 

Date: 19th Feb 2020

The 'Future of Sports Governance – Beyond Autonomy' is the latest in The Chartered Governance Institute's Future of Governance series, which looks at key areas of the economy, in turn, addressing the principal issues in the governance environment and reflecting on future directions.

This report addresses the claims to autonomy and self-regulation which sports bodies have traditionally made for themselves and considers how these have been affected by the sector’s growth, its changing role and the various pressures under which its organisations operate. Focusing on the UK and primarily on publicly-funded bodies, it assesses the recently-faced governance challenges and looks ahead to some of the issues yet to be tackled.

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Published in 2019