The clash of capital behind the European Super League --- Comparative research on the organisational structure and the business models of European football leagues and the Major Professional Sports Leagues in the United States

Abstract

In this study, in retrospection of the concurrent controversies surrounding the formation of the European Super League, the author seeks to uncover the rooted structural problems out of which arising the concerned disputes. With systematic review of existing literatures, the organisational structures and business models of professional sports leagues including European football leagues and US major sports leagues are comparatively analysed with reference to the measurement of organizational efficacy. Comparisons upon the organisational structures, business models and concerned sociocultural context behind the two sets of aforementioned sports leagues are included in the analytical sections. This paper finds that the design of business model and organisational structures of European football leagues and US major sports leagues are deeply influenced by the historical inheritance of the culturally formulated contexts. Functioning of the leagues, based on their incumbent models, dynamically reconstruct the cultural sphere of concerned leagues along the existing track predetermined by the past of the sports within the related societies.