부산대학교 도서관

Under the umbrella of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund e. V.), the nonprofit sports movement in Germany comprises around 100 national sports associations with almost 87,000 sports clubs. All of them are legally non-profit associations, organized by more than 20 million people and run on a voluntary basis. The two sports analyzed, golf and equestrian sports, are structured accordingly; however, the member organizations also include sport firms, which are granted full membership and co-determination rights at all levels. The coexistence of golf and equestrian businesses and associations, and clubs is generally viewed positively, as the different forms of self-organization complement each other and thus have a positive influence on the development of the sports. This is systemically possible, as the main aims are superordinate desirable goals for all those involved. Theoretically, however, the membership and codetermination rights of companies in nonprofit organizations represent breaks: as a result the nonprofit sports movement becomes hybrid. The evolutionary economic analysis carried out concludes that a potential split could emerge in the nonprofit sports movement, particularly in the leisure-oriented sector. In high-performance sports, synergies have a positive influence on the sports. In this respect, the German Olympic Sports Confederation must allow itself to be asked, in terms of evolutionary policy, whether it could not itself assume the role of spokesperson for the entire sports sector in Germany. If one follows the substantive statement of the German Olympic Sports Confederation with its claim “We are SportGermany,” then this path would be logical.