A survey on good governance in college tennis teams

Consideration based on the purpose of the sports organizations governance code

Abstract

In 2019, the Japan Sports Agency formulated the Sports Organizations Governance Code to enhance the value of sports by preventing scandals in sports organizations. The code consists of several principles regarding institutional design and information disclosure, which each sports organization is expected to follow voluntarily. This does not directly apply to college sports teams, but only to “organizations of which the main purpose is to carry out business for the promotion of sport” as referred to in Article 2, Section 2 of the Basic Act on Sports. However, as seen in the scandal of the American football team of Nihon University, it is necessary to strengthen the overnance of college sports teams, to which college tennis teams are not an exception. Therefore, in this study, we attempted to understand the actual situation of governance in college tennis teams considering the purpose of the Sports Organizations Governance Code. The survey was conducted at 268 colleges registered with the All Japan Inter-Collegiate Tennis Federation, and the representatives of each college were asked to answer their demographics and respond to the assessment measures regarding the governance of college tennis teams. Simple tabulation and cross-analysis were conducted, and the Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test were used at a significance level of five percent. Based on the results of this analysis, this study makes recommendations for the good governance of college tennis teams.