Fragmenting Questions in European Football

Fragmenting Questions in European Football is a seminar/course of the first semester of the master's degree in European Football. In this subject, the students will explore different problematics that are persistant in the European Football Contemporary scene. Students will also get resources and debate each other in how to fix this problems or how to reform european football to accomodate the solving of this issues.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the semester the student must have acquired the following knowledges:
 * Understanding what problematics and issues arise in Football in Europe
 * Exploring ways that officials, governments, players or managers used to tackle and solve some of these issues
 * Being open-minded to debate and productive discussion about reforms in the european football system to solve this issues

Course Outline

 * 1) The Sociological Study of European Football - Exploring the places where the issues appear
 * 2) The Issue of Racism in European Football
 * 3) The Issue of Gender Equality in European Football
 * 4) The Issue of Mental Health - Players and Coaches
 * 5) The Issue of Hooliganism and Mob Mentality in European Football
 * 6) The Issue of LGBT+ Rights in European Football
 * 7) Arbitration of Football in Europe - Fragmenting Questions in Refereeing
 * 8) The Issue of Corruption in European Football
 * 9) Reformation of the European Footballing System for the Sake of Solving the Issues its Facing

Evaluation Critera
30% - 1 teste 30% - 2 debates prepared by the students 30% - 1 written paper on a fragmenting question in european football 10% - class participation