Self-financing and its relationship to the competitive advantage of sports club teams participating in the Iraqi stars Football League

Abstract

This study was prepared to identify the correlation between self-financing and competitive advantage among sports club teams participating in the Iraqi Stars Football League. We will also try to answer through this study the following questions (Does self-financing contribute to achieving a competitive advantage for sports club teams participating in the Iraq Stars Football League and what is the amount of this contribution?), and (Is there a relationship between self-financing and competitive advantage for participating sports club teams? In the Iraqi Stars Football League in Iraq?), the researchers used the descriptive approach using the survey method and correlational studies to suit the nature and problem of the research. The research sample consisted of the heads and members of the administrative body of the sports clubs participating in the Iraqi Stars League in football, numbering (169). The current study aimed to build two measures (self-financing, competitive advantage) for the club teams. The sports team participating in the Iraqi Stars Football League, and through designing a questionnaire in order to verify the approaches in the theoretical framework of the independent variable and its relationship to the dependent variable, which is the competitive advantage. The hypotheses were tested based on the statistical analysis program SPSS.