THAILAND PREMIERE LEAGUE PROFESSIONAL
FOOTBALL
CLUBS’ VIEWS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING: A
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WILLINGNESS TO ACT,
CONCERNS AND COLLABORATIONS
1 | KhonKaen University |
Online publication date: 2018-05-17
Publication date: 2018-05-17
Eurasian J Anal Chem 2018;13(3):emEJAC04025
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ABSTRACT
This qualitative research was designed to discover the views regarding global
warmingamong six Thai professional football clubs in the Northeastern of Thailand (Isan)
including Buriram United (BRUTD), Ubon United (UBUTD), KhonKaen FC (KKFC),
NongbuaPichaya FC (NBPFC), Sisaket FC (SSKFC) and UdonThani FC (UDFC). All of them are
playing in T1 and T2 of Thailand Premiere League (TPL), the top two highest football league
in Thailand. Four club´s presidents and two clubs’ representatives were examined using an indepth
interview that covered global warming awareness, willingness to act, concerns and
collaborations needs to run green project anti global warming effects. The result revealed
that Thai Isan professional football clubs are available to contribute their role as leaders to
carry green projects to mitigate the effects from global warming problems in nine dimensions
coming with some concerns and supportive collaboration needs. It also showed that there is a
significant relationship between nine willingness activities to act, concerns and collaborations
which could be a key encouragement and discouragement for the clubs to run their green
project campaigns in the near future. The idea to form Isan TPL Football Clubs Connections
for Global Warming has been discussed positively among all target clubs.