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Examining racial discrimination in fantasy team selection: the case of Czech soccer fans

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F44555601%3A13510%2F22%3A43897004" target="_blank" >RIV/44555601:13510/22:43897004 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SBM-02-2022-0012/full/html?skipTracking=true" target="_blank" >https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SBM-02-2022-0012/full/html?skipTracking=true</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/SBM-02-2022-0012" target="_blank" >10.1108/SBM-02-2022-0012</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Examining racial discrimination in fantasy team selection: the case of Czech soccer fans

  • Original language description

    Purpose Recently, efforts to fight discriminatory behaviour in many sports and to eliminate racial preferences among fans have intensified. However, uncovering discriminatory preferences may not be easy as they may be deeply rooted and even unconscious. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned issues. Design/methodology/approach Unfortunately, professional soccer and fantasy sports participation serves as a vehicle for explicit racial discrimination at a micro-level, but does it translate to the macro-level through fantasy team selection? The current study explored the potential of implicit racial discrimination in Czech participants in the English Premier League. Findings Discriminatory behaviour in this context is defined by a consumer demonstrating preference for a white player over a non-white player in the fantasy soccer labour market when both players are performing at equal levels. Controlling for additional factors such as nationality and historically dominant team biases and accessing a more homogenous sample, the results confirmed previous research that racial discrimination cannot be found in team selection decisions among fantasy soccer participants in the Czech Republic. The manifestations of racism are still present at Czech stadiums and among Czech athletes. This contradiction is the major finding of this paper. Originality/value Previous research found no evidence of racial discrimination among participants controlling for some game factors. However, the study had many limitations including a heterogeneous sample and not controlling for additional factors of participant bias. Given those concerns, the current study analysed line-up decisions of English Premier League participants, but did so with participants solely within the Czech Republic, a more homogenous sample, controlling for additional important factors that could impact racial discrimination among fantasy participants.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    50204 - Business and management

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2022

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal

  • ISSN

    2042-678X

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    neuveden

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    30 August 2022

  • Country of publishing house

    GB - UNITED KINGDOM

  • Number of pages

    20

  • Pages from-to

    1-20

  • UT code for WoS article

    000844742700001

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85136802235