The future of sport: Enthusiastic amateur era over

ENTHUSIASTIC and wealthy owners are no longer enough to ensure sporting clubs succeed, according to experts.

Increasing demands from sporting governing bodies, sponsors and the taxman are just some of the drivers behind a rapidly growing professionalism in the way sports clubs are managed.

The changing environment in which professional sports clubs are operating is considered in a new supplement, The Future of Sport in Yorkshire, published by TheBusinessDesk.com in partnership with FrontRow Legal and Sheffield Hallam Un... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...