Governance and Business Capability in Sport Beth Warren – Project Manager Kim Williams – Sustainable Sport Partnership Manager
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES?
The sports market place is changing at a fast rate... • Competitive market with over 16 branded and promoted sport products • Increased access to technology driving awareness, business modelling and training of deliverers • Changing delivery models: – 3 rd party provider – Professional deliverers – Targeted and branded products • Shift towards pay-to-play products to address declines in Club Memberships • A shift to commercial partnerships over traditional sponsorships • Governance reforms across sport enabling growth, national delivery and leveraging this investment
The most crowded sports market in the world Australian broadcast market • 4 Football codes • 13+ Domestic codes • 16+ International • AFL 6+ million spectators Australian sport market • 75+ sports offered to the community • 20+ targeted Junior engagement products
Big getting Bigger and coming for your participants 2012 Revenue AFL Cricket Australia Tennis Australia Excludes new broadcast deals NRL A-League ARU $- $50.0 $100.0 $150.0 $200.0 $250.0 $300.0 $350.0 $400.0 $450.0 Million Supporting industry AFL+ARL+ARU Sport Betting $2.6 Billion boost Est. $646.6m 2013 $325m 2013 2013 Source: IBISWorld report
Peoples needs for activity are changing • A Perfect Fit - Personalised sport for health and fitness • From Extreme to Mainstream - The rise of lifestyle sports • More than Sport - The attainment of health, community and overseas aid objectives via sport • Everybody's Game - Demographic, generational and cultural change • New Wealth, New Talent - Economic growth and sports development in Asia • Tracksuits to Business Suits - Market pressures and new business models CSIRO Megatrends 2013
40% of active Australians have moved away from club based products ASC Segmentation Study 6 million people very interested in the right club product
Supplier v Market Driven Traditional delivery Product Innovation Eroding market share Growing market share
Non-organised sport has higher numbers
Only 11% of Australians placed competition in sport as important to them
Competition is even less appealing to females...
There is a much greater interest in casual participation
Why don’t people participate?
People leave when the sport is not meeting their needs
Australian sport needs contemporary governance practices to meet today’s challenges • March 2012: Revised Sports Governance Principles released • Compliance on an “if not, why not?” basis Principle 1: Board composi;on, roles and powers Principle 2: Board processes Principle 3: Governance systems Principle 4: Board repor;ng and performance Principle 5: Stakeholder rela;onship and repor;ng Principle 6: Ethical and responsible decision making
To strengthen governance in sport, mandatory standards have been introduced 1. Structure for sport 2. Board composi;on and opera;on 3.Sport transparency, repor;ng and integrity
Prioritising capacity investment is critical Commercial Sponsorship / Investment / Revenue Delivery Go2Market Strategy Research & Evidence ICT / Shared Data / Marketing Culture & Leadership National Alignment Whole of sport Governance strategy Purpose
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