(1.School of Physical Education,Anhui Polytechnic University,Wuhu 241000,China;2.Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics,Nanchang 330013,China) Abstract: By analyzing British, American, Finnish and Japanese sports governance structures, the authors con-cluded that the experience of foreign sports governance structures is as follows: clarify structure belonging; specify responsibility and right boundaries; follow market priority principle, intensify nongovernmental sports organiza-tions’ public service functions; fully exert multi-subject governance advantages; form a cooperative governance situation. The sports management structure in China shows a “center-periphery” characteristic. The “cen-ter-periphery” structure shows problems such as system management absence in terms of organization structure setup, power division and resource flow. The sports governance structure was produced exactly in the sense of deal-ing with problems existing in the traditional sports management structure. To realize the change of the sports gov-ernance structure from the “center-periphery” single rigid structure to the “multi-center” network type flexible structure, the government must become a commander withdrawing to the back stage, i.e. withdraw from the micro-scopic area, control the macroscopic area, enter into the public area, withdrew from the business area, intensify ad-ministrative service, weaken administrative management, intensify legislative supervision, weaken administrative intervention, and establish a multi-subject cooperative governance structure. Key words: sports management;sports governance structure;good sports governance;governance structure |