Football clubs in Argentina have always been represented by non-profit-making organizations. Without being away from the sudden and deep changes that the whole of the Argentinian society is experiencing, these institutions find themselves threatened by a transformation that goes beyond a merely legal issue: the transfer from the above mentioned corporate body, probably without any previous adaptation, to a Sports Public Limited Company.The issue to be evaluated is the pertinence and utility of this transfer. Regarding some sectors belief that a change in legislation that at the same time allows a modification of the clubs corporations, would have highly positive conse-quences in their sport performance, the minor importance of this connection will be demonstrated through the study of national and international cases, an statistical analysis of a data base of the best five world leagues first division clubs and through a qualitative analysis of clubs with different corporate bodies with high and low sport success. Finally, possible alternatives regarding legal modalities that Argentinian clubs may adopt will be suggested as well as other issues related to sport success to be taken into account in future research. / Durante toda su existencia los clubes de fútbol en Argentina han tenido como figura jurídica la de Asociaciones Civiles sin Fines de Lucro. Sin quedar al margen de los repentinos y profundos cambios que la sociedad argentina toda está viviendo, estas instituciones encuentran sus estructuras amenazadas por una transformación que va más allá de lo meramente jurídico: el traspaso de la citada figura jurídica, y muy probablemente sib adaptación previa , a la de Sociedades Anónimas Deportivas. El tema a abordar es el de la pertinencia o utilidad del citado cambio de la figura jurídica de estas organizaciones. Respecto al supuesto sustentado por algunos sectores de la sociedad de que un cambio en la legislación que a su vez permita una modificación en la figura jurídica de los clubes, tendría implicancias altamente positivas en el rendimiento deportivo de los mismos, se intentará probar la irrelevancia de tal conexión a través del estudio de casos nacionales y extranjeros en la materia, del análisis estadístico de una base de datos con los clubes de primera división de las cinco (5) mejores ligas del mundo y a través del análisis cualitativo de clubes de distinta figura jurídica con alto y bajo éxito deportivo. Por último, se proponen alternativas posibles respecto de las modalidades jurídicas que pueden adoptar los clubes argentinos. Asimismo, se plantean otras variables relacionadas con el éxito deportivo para que sean incorporadas en investigaciones futuras.

The purpose of this study is to find the relationship between financial health in an ice hockey club and its sport success. The study answers the research question: How can financial health of Swedish ice hockey clubs be able to explain the sport success in the Swedish Hockey League? Based on the research question, the study uses the theory Benchmarking and a more specific benchmarking terminology called Financial benchmarking. The study selects eight financial variables in order to benchmark the icehockey clubs in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). A particular methodology within financial benchmarking, called Grey Relational Analysis (GRA), is used in order to determine the financial health of the clubs in relation to each other and therefore be able to rank the clubs based on each individual variable. The same financial variables, with the addition of four non-financial variables and exclusion of two financial variables, are used in a selected Logistic Regression model to explain how the variables contribute to the sport success of the clubs. The main conclusions which can be drawn from the study are as follows: The variables Net sales and Net profit are the two only variables which are statistically significant and are able to contribute to sport success. Secondly, the club HV71 is overall the club with the most optimal financial health in SHL, among the 12 clubs investigated. Lastly, accounting trends within this industry affects the financial outcome and further how it explained sport success. Trends such as a minimal or no amount of long-term liabilities is common among the clubs, where instead the total amount of liabilities mainly consists of current liabilities. It can be further concluded that profitability, revenue and equity are financial corner stones in a hockey club which participates in SHL.

Title: The Future of Motocross sport in the Czech Republic Objectives: The aim of this thesis is to assess chosen factors influencing international success in motocross in the Czech Republic within the current system and development in the previous 40 years. Methods: This is a mixed research. The qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. The semi-structured interviews were made with three experts from motocross sport. Two of them were representatives of the Autoclub of the Czech Republic and one was from regional motocross center. The electronic interrogation method for Czech elite motocross riders and document analysis were also used. Results: Motocross was a very successful sport in the history of the Czech Republic. The results showed that even though funds are important in the motocross, the organisation of this sport in the Czech Republic is still primarily based on voluntariness. There is no promotion of motocross in the Czech Republic, so there is also a lack of popularity and funding. The survey showed dissatisfaction of motocross riders with the work of the Autoclub, riders do not feel support and also negatively evaluated communication from Autoclub. Keywords: Sport success, elite sport, funding, talents promotion, motorsport organization.