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About Sports Club "Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision." A sports club is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple sports, which fields many teams and in several sports, working under the same umbrella organization. In a larger sense, it may also refer to any sports institution, even those that have only one sports team or a single sports department. In order to differentiate a single-sport institution from a multi-sport one, the term multi-sport club is used. The term athletics club is usually unambiguous. Generally, any sports club is characterized by having professional and amateur sports departments in various sports disciplines like football (soccer), basketball, cricket, chess, hockey, field athletics, boxing, badminton, tennis, and other. An eclectic collection of competitive, recreational, and instructional athletic programs is available through club sports. The teams and athletes belonging to a sports club compete in several different leagues, championships and tournaments wearing the same club logotype, equipment colors and using the same club name, sharing also the same club fan base, supporters and facilities. Many sports clubs have an associate system where the affiliated supporters pay an annuity fee. In those cases, the supporter becomes eligible to attend the club's home matches and exhibitions across the entire season, and have the right to practice almost every kind of sport at the club's facilities. Registered associate member fees, attendance receipts, sponsoring contracts, team merchandising, media rights, and athlete/player transfer fees, are usually the primary sources of sports club financing. |
