Research on the Influence of the Membership in Asian Athletic Organizations

a)School of Foreign Languages, Guizhou University
South Huaxi Avenue 2708, Guiyang 550025, China
b)School of International Sport Organization, Beijing Sport University
48 Xinxi Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China

Abstract

Each country has its advantageous sport events, and a large number of people participate in the events. Therefore, the organizations of those sports are inevitably stronger. Through prior investigation, the president of each Asian athletic organization, elected every four years during Asian Game, generally has more influence to promote the sport in his own country where mostly the headquarter office is set up. Meanwhile, being a host does benefit its own. However, the board and committee members of the Asian organizations are mainly elected from national organizations, in which most of them are athletes or officials.

This paper investigates 42 Asian athletic organizations and sums up the layout of the system of the organizations. It finds out whether the countries with certain advantage events get more positions in the corresponding organizations, and the proportion of countries in the boards and commissions^ members. Furthermore, the statistics show the level of influence of the presidents when it comes to promoting the game in their own countries.

The current system of the organization indicates that the lack of a clear employment system demands prompt solutions. Therefore, this paper suggests a more feasible mechanism of employment based on the current system. We highly recommend that Asian countries campaign for the highest position in all events to popularize the sports in the countries and throughout Asia. It is hoped that this research provides a reference for good governance to strengthen the organizations^ movement.

Keywords: Asian athletic organization- Sports promotion- International relations-

Topic: Sport, international relations, and diplomacy