QUALITY SPORT CLUB – IN THE INTERPRETATION OF ARISTOTLE’S JUSTICE THEORY

Nowadays there are many ways to rate and classify sport clubs. Besides the classically measurable aspects (economical, social, customer-oriented, modern, international, etc ...) 'soft factors' also play a key quality role, such as justice. How can a sport club be just and fair?Why do we begin with Aristotle's thoughts of justice? In Aristotle's thoughts, the issue of happiness and justice plays a central role in determining what virtuous life is. Sport clubs are interested in establishing a fair functioning. Along this moral dimension, members can more easily accept the management's decisions, if these decisions are fair. The study shows that Aristotle's ideas about justice and fairness can play a key role even nowadays, in terms of quality and social status. The study is based on Aristotle's thoughts on justice. His thoughts on justice and fairness are based on the teleological thinking with the definition of the telos. According to Aristotle, the discussions of the justice are about the virtue, the esteem, the nature of the good life, and the compliance.According to Aristotle justice means: give the people what they deserve, what is due to them. This is based on excellence, because then the others reach the best position, too. The ideas of the Aristotelian justice have a positive impact on the qualification and judgment of sport clubs. In addition: Aristotle's teleological thinking and theory of justice can be perfectly applied by nowadays' sport clubs. The main goal is to identify and define the telos of competitive and the non-competitive sport clubs. Based on that it can be decided, what kind of abilities and skills deserve high regard and reward within the sport clubs. In this regard, justice can exist in the sport clubs and we can talk about “justice sport clubs”, and this will be interpreted as a positive quality factor.