Evaluation of an Experience of Academic Happiness through Football at University

David Almorza-Gomar, Rafael Ravina-Ripoll, Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu and Araceli Galiano-Coronil
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David Almorza-Gomar: Department of Statistic and Operative Research, University of Cadiz, 11003 Cadiz, Spain
Rafael Ravina-Ripoll: Department of Business Organization and I.N.D.E.S.S., University of Cádiz, 11405 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu: Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business and Administration, University of Bucharest, 030018 Bucharest, Romania
Araceli Galiano-Coronil: Marketing and Communication Department, Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication, University of Cadiz, 11406 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: The main objective of the university sport in Spain is the comprehensive training of the students. It sets out in the various state regulations in this respect. There is training in values within the comprehensive training that sporting activity should provide through Fair Play. This article aims to describe and evaluate an experience of training in values for the university students carried out by the Sports Department of the University of Cadiz, located in Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. The methodology consisted of making selected changes to the game rules in football competitions. The experience has lasted ten years. The result of the experience has been very positive, obtaining, among other substantial achievements, a reduction of more than 75% in the percentage of cards (yellow and red) shown during matches and a reduction in referee cautions, a decrease in violent behavior, self-exclusion of players with violent behavior by the teams themselves, and an increase in fair play sporting behavior. Due to this experience, the Sports Department of the University of Cadiz has received numerous national and international awards. However, the leading award has been to take part positively, through sport, in the education and happiness of its students.

Keywords: football; physical education; academic happiness; descriptive analysis; university students; fair play; performance; competition; values; social responsibility; sustainability; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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