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Submission: On March 24 via manual from US — Scanned from DE
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UEFA Europa League
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UEFA Europa Conference League
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UEFA Champions League
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UEFA Europa League
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UEFA Europa Conference League
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UEFA Super Cup
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UEFA Youth League
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European Qualifiers
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UEFA EURO 2020
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UEFA EURO 2024
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FIFA Women's World Cup
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UEFA Women's Champions League
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FIFA Futsal World Cup
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UEFA Club Competitions store
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UEFA Club competitions
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UEFA Club Competitions store
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UEFA Explainer: valuing European football's social return on investment
UEFA EXPLAINER: VALUING EUROPEAN FOOTBALL'S SOCIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Wednesday 2 December 2020
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ARTICLE SUMMARY
UEFA Grow's social return on investment model puts a precise figure on
football's wider economic, health and social impact.
ARTICLE TOP MEDIA CONTENT
Football has been shown to have a hugely positive impact on wider society
ARTICLE BODY
WHAT IS THE UEFA GROW SOCIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT MODEL?
It is a cost-benefit analysis that allows governments and national associations
to evaluate the social benefits of Europe's most popular mass participation
sport. The approach was pioneered by a UEFA programme called Grow, which offers
a range of strategic development services to help Europe's 55 national
associations fulfil their potential for growth, on and off the field.
WHAT IS THE TRUE SOCIAL VALUE OF AMATEUR FOOTBALL IN EUROPE?
To date, the model shows that 8.6 million registered amateur players across 25
European countries have generated a cumulative €39.4bn annually in direct and
in-kind savings across:
1. Economy: €10.8bn through club membership fees, equipment, merchandise,
travel, food & beverages and investment in infrastructure.
2. Society: €12.3bn in-kind savings through the positive social impact of
football on communities. With its emphasis on teamwork, discipline and equal
access for everyone, regardless of ability, race or gender, football strengthens
and educates local communities. This, in turn, increases earning potential by
creating volunteer / employment opportunities as well as reducing crime rates.
3. Health: €16.3bn in healthcare savings due to football's role in reducing the
risk of conditions, such as Type II diabetes and heart disease, and improving
mental health and well-being.
HOW DOES UEFA CALCULATE THESE FIGURES?
Designed with the support of nine European universities, the model draws on
football participation data from 25 UEFA countries as well as more than 100
peer-reviewed research papers across different disciplines, such as health,
education, employment, sociology and sport. The European Union, Council of
Europe, the World Health Organization and the United Nations have all verified
the validity of the approach.
National associations in each of the following 25 countries have used the model
to calculate the social return on investment of amateur football: Albania,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, England, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar,
Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Northern
Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia,
Slovenia and Sweden.
In the first week of December 2020, three of these associations released new
studies measuring amateur football's contribution to the national economy:
Albania (€45m), Estonia (€90m) and Germany (€13.9bn).
ARE THERE EQUIVALENT FIGURES SHOWING AMATEUR FOOTBALL'S ADDED VALUE TO LOCAL
COMMUNITIES?
The social return on investment club calculator allows associations to measure
the economic, social and health benefits of amateur football on local
communities. For example: through spending on football kits in local shops;
investment in football facilities (training equipment, pitches etc.); the
in-kind contribution of volunteer coaches to physical education.
In Scotland, the Aberdeen Community Trust leveraged the Scottish Football
Association's (SFA) social return on investment report to lobby local
authorities to support grassroots football initiatives. The result: a £250,000
yearly grant for the PeterDeen FraserDeen PortyDeen City Academy that provided a
critical financial lifeline during football's 2020 temporary shutdown.
"Evidencing your work in this way is a crucial part of building trust with key
partners, and it has led to longer-term funded projects. Without this, we would
have faced difficult decisions around our projects and people during the global
pandemic," said Steven Sweeney, chief operating officer at Aberdeen FC Community
Trust. "The 1:10 return is something tangible which has also given the private
sector comfort in knowing that their investment is achieving social outcomes."
HOW CAN THE MODEL HELP UEFA MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS SECURE LONG-TERM, REGULAR
FUNDING FOR DEVELOPING FOOTBALL?
By demonstrating a clear return on investment, UEFA's model helps associations
make evidence-based cases to their governments for adding 'football for
development' to ministerial budget lines.
For example, cost-benefit studies consistently show that amateur football
generates greater added value for national economies than the professional game.
In Germany, amateur sides deliver three times more value than the revenue
attributed to all 18 clubs playing in the top tier of the Bundesliga.
Yet more than one third (35%) of UEFA member associations currently receive no
government support for the development of grassroots football. Instead these
countries tend to place greater emphasis on investing in elite-level football,
at the expense of increasing overall participation rates.
Eastern Europe, for example, has on average one registered football club for
every 44,000 inhabitants; in western Europe, the equivalent ratio is one club
per 6,500 people. Yet countries with the highest number of amateur clubs per
capita offer a richer reservoir of playing talent, helping both domestic and
national teams to perform more consistently at the highest level.
WHICH NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS HAVE MADE SUCCESSFUL CASES FOR INCREASED FUNDING BY
USING SOCIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT DATA?
There is growing statistical evidence that the European football community
recognises the long-term return in investment from amateur football. UEFA
estimates that for every €1 of EURO revenue invested in football development
through its HatTrick funding programme, national associations, governments and
local authorities and clubs have contributed an additional €3.63.
Poland
By applying the UEFA model, the Polish Football Federation (PZPN) successfully
secured €10m annually from the national government to invest in a regional
development strategy for grassroots football.
Italy
During recent national lockdowns, the Italian Football Association (FIGC) used
social return on investment data to underline the important contribution that
grassroots football makes to local economies and communities.
Scotland
The Scottish Football Association (SFA) points to its social return on
investment report as a key fact in developing stronger relationships with the
devolved government's ministers for education, communities, public finance and
migration and travel. Each minister cites SFA data to underline football's
social impact in their respective sector.
The SFA report has helped its football development department secure both a
three-year grant worth £150,000 from the National Lottery Fund, as well as £4m
in funding support from the national agency of sport over the next four years.
WHAT OTHER FOOTBALL OR SPORTS ORGANISATIONS HAVE USED RETURN ON INVESTMENT
MODELS?
The use of cost-benefit analysis to calculate the added value that football
brings to nations' gross domestic product (GDP) is increasingly common among
governing bodies. Both the English Premier League and the domestic league in
Belgium have conducted their own studies.
Outside of football, Sport England, Sport Ireland, the AFL (Australian rules
football) and the UK swimming federation have all applied return on investment
models to their discipline.
UEFA has also shared its findings with other sporting institutions, partners and
international forums. For example: presenting to a conference on the UN
sustainable development goals, hosted by the International Labour Organization
and participating in a working group on model indicators in sport, physical
education and physical activity.
HOW DOES UEFA OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MODEL?
In 2017, UEFA set up an advisory panel composed of academic specialists and
representatives from eight national associations to oversee both the development
and implementation of a social return on investment model for European football.
The panel, currently chaired by Dr Tim Crabbe, CEO of Substance, also tracks new
methodologies and findings as well as assessing the latest data and literature.
UEFA funds Substance, a specialist research agency, to help member associations
apply the model to their national game.
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