Utilization of Sports Entrepreneurial Skills in the Improvement of Sustainable Economic Wellbeing of the Practitioners in Uyo Metropolis, Akwa Ibom State

Abstract

Sports ideally have not benefited the human society only in the aspect of physical and physiological but contribute extensively to the economic improvement and wellbeing of the practitioners. This study focused on the assessment of the effect of utilization of sports entrepreneurial skills in the improvement of sustainable economic wellbeing of the practitioners in Uyo Metropolis, Akwa Ibom State. The study utilized survey design approach. The population of the study consisted of all 46 Table Tennis and Snooker Board Owners. Census sampling technique was employed to sample all the 46 as respondents. Mixed method of data collection was adopted. The data was analysed using percentages and multivariate binary logistic regression model. Results showed that 100 percent of respondents were male; 43.3 percent had tertiary education. Results indicates that sports of Table Tennis and Snooker were significant in contributing to the improvement of economic status of the practitioners in the study area with coefficient regression of 1.891 and odd ratio of .151. It was concluded that sports practitioners should acquire requisite entrepreneurial skills before venturing into the business of sports. Therefore, it is recommended that state Government  through it Ministry of Education, youth and Sports should incorporate into the training at  secondary schools and tertiary education sports entrepreneurship to enlighten the students on the multi-dimensional effect of sports in improving sustainably the generality of human economic wellbeing.