SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF VIEWING CENTRES OF PREMIERSHIP LEAGUE AMONG YOUTHS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, KWARA STATE

Abstract

This study examined the Socio-Economic Empowerment of Commercialization of Viewing Centres of Premiership League
among Youths in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. The Descriptive survey design of the survey of survey types was adopted.
The population of the study was made of youths, who are English premiership league followers and make use of viewing
centres in the study area; simple random participation and purposive sampling technique were used to select the 150
respondents. The instrument used was a researcher structured-questionnaire. The instrument was validated by three experts
in the Department of Human Kinetics and Sociology Department, University of Ilorin. The reliability of the instrument was
obtained using the test-retest method. Through Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and a coefficient of 0.76 was
obtained. Inferential statistics of Chi-square was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The results of this study
revealed that: poverty alleviation have significant influence on commercialization of viewing centres of premiership league
among youths, unemployment have significant influence on commercialization of viewing centres of premiership league,
and Sport betting have significant influence on commercialization of viewing centres of premiership league. Base on the
finding of this study. It was therefore recommended that Youths should become owners of viewing centres in order to
become employer of labour and self-reliance.