APPLICATION OF PORTFOLIO MATRIX FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION PURPOSES IN SPORTS: THE CASE OF HUNGARY

Background
Sports can function in a number of contexts in society, therefore government-related financial contribution can be justified. The resource allocation decisions of the contributor are always a relevant topic. The aim of this paper is to create a modified portfolio matrix tool for resource allocation purposes, which can be used at the national, regional, municipal or organizational level.

Material and methods
The study consists of two researches conducted with the use of Google Forms. Two target groups (sport clubs from Baranya County and outstanding sport clubs in Hungary) were taken into consideration.

Results
During the interviews in each group of sports clubs, 40 and 52 sports respectively were evaluated. The 12 most important sports were selected for this study. It can be seen that there is no significant difference between the regional and national rankings of sports. Outstanding sports clubs evaluated the given sports higher overall than regional sport clubs with regard to both categories: “the future vision of sport” and “the current impact”.

Conclusions
The sport portfolio matrix can serve as the basis for the resource allocation decisions, but it has to be complemented with other funding schemes as this tool incentivizes mostly present performance, whereas strategic considerations should have another platform.