Evaluation of privatization in sports with the approach of assessing the strengths and weaknesses

Improving the process of privatization depends on the way it is implemented and its scientific and professional management. Therefore, looking at privatization policies, it has been tried to asses it implementation in sports. An analytic-descriptive methodology was adopted in this field study. The population included experts working in the administration of Youth and Sports of Sistan & Baluchestan Province and all its related towns [n=60]. The sampling method was a researcher-made questionnaire extracted from the existing questionnaires was used as the research tool. The obtained data were analyzed by KMO1 test, one sample t-test, and a one-way analysis of variance ANOVA, with the level of significance set at α≤0.05 using an SPSS software, version 18. The results of the study indicated that financial, educational-structural and managerial problems in addition to violating the rights of clients significantly affected ineffective implementation of privatization. From the evaluated strengths, the factors: reducing government’s expenditures, a basis for experts’ activities, improving efficiency were identified to be significantly effective whereas no significant effects was observed in promoting management, developing sports places and respecting the rights of clients. Overall, it seems that privatization involves more disadvantages than advantages