The sports sector: the challenges of a champion

Speakers : José CORREIA , Frédéric TAIN

This third edition of BPCE L'Observatoire sur l'économie du sport takes an approach that goes beyond conventional statistical categories, to capture a more global vision of the sports sector. Rather than limiting itself to the highly visible professional sport, the focus will be on how sport generates economic wealth as a whole. This work has revealed a sector that is more complex and influential than anticipated, but which nonetheless faces a number of challenges. The focus of our presentation will be on the contribution of the sports sector to French GDP, including the impact of the private sector on the industry, the decisive role played by local authorities in the development of sport within French territories, and the transformations at work in the practice of associative sport.