Routledge Handbook of Sport and COVID-19

409 Pages·2022·7.553 MB·English

by  Stephen Frawley, Nico Schulenkorf

Routledge Handbook of
Sport and COVID-19
This book examines the initial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global sport and the
varying consequences of the sport shutdown on all levels of society. It also considers the many
lessons that have been learnt so that sport stakeholders can successfully adjust and operate under
the “new normal.”
Featuring authors, cases and examples from around the world, the book explores the impact
of COVID-19 on sport at all levels, from community sport – where local clubs, gyms and
development programmes had to find ways to survive with pitches closed and projects cancelled
– to the major professional sport leagues and sport mega-events, with events postponed and
teams playing in empty stadia. It considers the economic, social and developmental impacts of
the pandemic, including physical, mental and social wellbeing, and looks at how key professional
and community sport organizations have reacted to the crisis, reflecting on the lessons learnt and
preparations for future pandemics and challenges of similar size and significance.
With COVID-19 now endemic in the global population, this is an essential reference
for anyone working in sport, from students and researchers to managers, policymakers and
development officers.
Stephen Frawley teaches and researches sport management and Olympic studies at the UTS
Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Nico Schulenkorf is Associate Professor of Sport Management at the UTS Business School,
University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Routledge Handbook of
Sport and COVID-19
Edited by Stephen Frawley and Nico Schulenkorf
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First published 2023
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Frawley, Stephen, 1969- editor. | Schulenkorf, Nico, editor.
Title: Routledge handbook of sport and Covid-19/Edited by Stephen
Frawley and Nico Schulenkorf.
Other titles: Handbook of sport and Covid-19
Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2022. |
Series: Routledge international handbooks |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2022007882 | ISBN 9781032009070 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781032009087 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003176329 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Sports–Social aspects. | COVID-19 Pandemic,
2020—Influence. | Sports and globalization–Social aspects. |
Sports–Social aspects–Cross-cultural studies.
Classification: LCC GV706.5 .R68 2022 |
DDC 306.4/83–dc23/eng/20220509
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022007882
ISBN: 978-1-032-00907-0 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-032-00908-7 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-003-17632-9 (ebk)
DOI: 10.4324/9781003176329
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We dedicate this book to the health-care workers of the world. Your
courage, commitment and perseverance over the past two and half
years deserve everyone’s deepest thanks and admiration.
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Contents
Contributors xi
Acknowledgements xvii
PART I
Sport and the Pandemic: Setting the Scene 1
1 COVID-19 and Sport: Setting the Scene 3
Stephen Frawley and Nico Schulenkorf
2 COVID-19 and the Sport Sector 10
Lee Edmondson, Themis Kokolakakis, Shia Ping Kung and Ryan Storey
PART II
COVID-19 and Professional Sport 23
3 COVID-19 and Sport Governing Bodies: Pandemic Disruption 25
Jonathan Robertson and Adam Karg
4 COVID-19 and Professional Sporting Leagues: North America 35
Xiaoan Huang, Chan Hyeon Hur and Nicholas Watanabe
5 COVID-19 and Professional Sporting Leagues: European Football 45
Daniel Plumley and Rob Wilson
6 COVID-19 and Professional Sport Teams: Dealing with the Unexpected 55
Michael Naraine and Brandon Mastromartino
7 COVID-19 and Professional Athletes 64
Michelle Hayes and Jason Doyle
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8 COVID-19 and the Precarity of Elite Women Athletes 75
Darren T Baker, Lewis Whales and Stephen Frawley
9 COVID-19, and the Narratives Surrounding Simone Biles and Athlete
Mental Health During the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games 87
Andrea N. Geurin
10 COVID-19 and Women’s Professional Sport Pandemic Effects:
Mitigating, Manoeuvring and Reimagining? 97
Michelle O’Shea, Hazel Maxwell, Sarah Duffy and Martha Lourey-Bird
11 COVID-19 and the College Sports Industry 110
Steve DeSimone, Victor Matheson and Siobhan Kiernan
12 COVID-19 and High-Performance Sport Management: Athletes
and Coaches 120
Lisa Gowthorp
13 COVID-19 and Sports Consumption 131
Daniel Lock and Aravind Reghunathan
14 COVID-19 and Sport Sponsorship: Seeing the Silver Lining in Times of
Crisis 141
Yiran Su and Heather Kennedy
15 COVID-19 and Social Media Use by Professional Sport Organisations 152
Stirling Sharpe, Olan Scott and Bo Li
16 COVID-19 and Sport Tourism 161
Millicent Kennelly
17 COVID-19 and Sport Stadia: Managing Large Sport Facilities during a
Crisis Like No Other 173
Richard Keith Wright, Koji Kobayashi and Thomas Fletcher
18 COVID-19 and Esport: Digital Mediation in a Restricted World 186
Emily Jane Hayday and Holly Collison
19 COVID-19 and the Impact on Sports Betting Markets and Sports
Bettors’ Mental Health 197
Hibai Lopez-Gonzalez and Levi Pérez
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20 COVID-19 and Sports Law 204
Catherine Ordway and Jack Anderson
PART III
COVID-19 and Community Sport 221
21 COVID-19 and Sport and Physical Activity: Specific Effects and the
Importance of Home-Based Training and Learning 223
Amri Hammami, Sofien Kasmi, Ezdine Bouhlel, Basma Harrabi,
George P. Nassis, Magni Mohr and Peter Krustrup
22 COVID-19 and the Fitness Industry 235
Lloyd Rothwell
23 COVID-19 and Sports Clubs 242
Svenja Feiler, Simon Beermann, Kirstin Hallmann and Christoph Breuer
24 COVID-19 and the Developmental Aspects and Attributes of Sport 252
Tony Rossi, Kat Raw, Andrew Friesen, Tom Patrick and Emma George
25 COVID-19 and Sport Education: Youth Sport in the United States
of America 264
Bri Newland and Matt Bowers
26 COVID-19 and Sport-for-Development 274
Marlene A. Dixon, Ashlyn Hardie, Stacy M. Warner, Emmaculate Owiro and
Dennis Orek
27 COVID-19 and Sport-Related Corporate Social Responsibility 283
Christos Anagnostopoulos
28 COVID-19 and Disability Sport: Imagining Disability Accessible and
Inclusive Sport Management Futures 291
Paul J. Kitchin, Andrew M. Hammond, Andrea Bundon, P. David Howe and
Simon Darcy
29 COVID-19 and Sport Volunteering 307
Pam Kappelides, Haley Baxter and Russell Hoye
30 COVID-19 and Innovation in Community Sport 318
Per G. Svensson
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