Fotballklubbens forankring i lokalsamfunnet : en studie av IK Start og fotballklubbens relasjoner

Abstract

Football is in its simplest form, a game where you have to kick a leather ball into a goal. By itself, it creates no values to society. The values football creates for society is through relationships the football club have to other parts of society. These relationships are looked upon in a system theoretical perspective. Through qualitative interviews with systems that have a structural link to the football club, it examined the relevance and foundation IK Start has in the rest of society. A system cannot, according to Luhmann (2000) maintain its existence without structural links to other systems in society. The system, which is explored in this thesis, is IK Start. The structural link between two systems has to be a symbiotic relationship, for being able to sustain. The football club has to contribute to other systems in order to maintain their relationship with society. IK Start develops structural links to systems, which they can benefit from, in order to achieve their internal goals. The football clubs foundation in the local community has to be looked at through what they contribute to the different systems in the area, and what the different systems sees as relevant in their link with the football club. If IK Start fails to be seen as a relevant system for the society, their existence would be threaten. Keywords: - Luhmanns system theory - IK Start - Structural links - Contributes - Relationships