The Social Sciences
Sports Elementals and Value-Added Factors in Promotion of Football in Cross River State, Nigeria
Authors : P.E. Ekuri and Michael A. Anndotan
Abstract: The study investigated sports elementals and value-added factors in promotion of football in Cross
River state, Nigeria. Survey research method of the ex-post-facto type was adopted for the study. The stratified
random sampling technique was used to select 10% of football staff, board members of Cross River state
football associations, organizing secretaries, coaches, assistant coaches and players of Cross River state for the
study. Data collected were analyzed using one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of
significance and a post hoc analysis was further employed using Tukey Kramer multiple comparison test. The
findings revealed that, funding has a significant relationship with the promotion of football ( 
= 21.00;
SD = 2.04) and motivations of players has a significant relationship with the promotion of football in Cross
River state ( = 21.65; SD = 4.24). The study recommended that state government should provide funds to
support and promote football sports in the state, football coaches and football administrators should encourage
players and gives them necessary motivation in terms of winning bonus, match bonus, goal scoring allowance,
training allowance, medical welfare, etc.
How to cite this article:
P.E. Ekuri and Michael A. Anndotan, 2019. Sports Elementals and Value-Added Factors in Promotion of Football in Cross River State, Nigeria. The Social Sciences, 14: 375-383.