The Interaction of Fanaticism and Efangelism in Football: Structural Model Review

Abstract

In football, the fans can be qualified as the tremendous power of teams that are thought to have a significant share in the success. The fans support their team both materially and morally by integrating with the team emotionally. Sometimes, the emotional bond possessed goes beyond the normal and results in the understanding of seeing one's team as superior to other teams. This research aims to examine the interaction between football fans' fanaticism and football team evangelism (eFANgelism). As part of the study group of the research, 448 football fans participated. Research data were collected with the football fanaticism scale and the sports eFANgelism scale. In the study, comparisons were made between fanaticism and eFANgelism in terms of the variables of the participants. Among the models created in the research, it was suggested that Model1= football fans' eFANgelism levels had a positive effect on their fanaticism, Model2= violence tendency and corporate affiliation had a positive effect on eFANgelism, and the hypothesis was tested. As a result of testing the hypotheses, H1= eFANgelism has a two-way positive and significant effect on the violence tendency of football fans (p<0.01).

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“…Alternatively, fans can also be defined from the following perspectives: sports behavior, participation in sports events, and cognitive levels (Gantz and Wenner, 1991;Murrell and Dietz, 1992;Wann and Dolan, 1994). Fans, the main audience of soccer games, are quite vital for football tournaments (Karafil and Akgul, 2022).On one hand, the presence of fans at the game sets the atmosphere and provides motivation for football players who transform fans' reactions for winning the game (Tamir, 2022); on the other hand, fans' enthusiasm and satisfaction can contribute value for professional tournaments and professional soccer clubs (Uhrich and Benkenstein, 2010). For example, fans purchase tickets and team merchandize impact the profitability of tournaments and clubs.…”