Resistance Economy in Professional Sport-an Institutionalized Model

Purpose: The sports industry is considered an essential economic sector in producing goods and services for sports and developing the national economy. Methodology: The research goal was a standardized model of resistance economy based on professional sport. The study participants included specialists and experts in sports management and economics, of whom 15 individuals were selected. G.T.M. has been used, so it must mention the research sampling method was of the theoretical approach in which the data were generated in the process of the study; that is, the data were derived from the analysis of the previous data. Sampling and collection of data continued until the theoretical saturation was reached. The data collection tool included exploratory interviews. Findings: After the completion of the interviews, through the coding process (with 193 open codes, 95 axial codes, and 73 selective codes), the paradigmatic model was derived from the findings of the study, including the six dimensions of the causal conditions, significant categories, strategies, background features, intervening conditions, and outcomes. In general, the integration of the categories based on the existing relationships between them based on the institutionalization of the resistance economy in sport is reflected in a paradigmatic model. Originality: Few studies have been done on resistance economics in professional sports. This study is also unique in terms of using the emerging and Glazer approach.