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How to write a business plan for a football club?

Putting together a business plan for a football club can be daunting - especially if you're creating a business for the first time - but with this comprehensive guide, you'll have the necessary tools to do it confidently.

We will explore why writing one is so important in both starting up and growing an existing football club, as well as what should go into making an effective plan - from its structure to content - and what tools can be used to streamline the process and avoid errors.

Without further ado, let us begin!

In this guide:

Why write a business plan for a football club?

• What information is needed to create a business plan for a football club?
• How do I build a financial forecast for a football club?

The written part of a football club business plan

• What tool should I use to write my football club business plan?

Having a clear understanding of why you want to write a business plan for your football club will make it simpler for you to grasp the rationale behind its structure and content. So before delving into the plan's actual details, let's take a moment to remind ourselves of the primary reasons why you'd want to create a football club business plan.

To have a clear roadmap to grow the business

Running a small business is tough! Economic cycles bring growth and recessions, while the business landscape is ever-changing with new technologies, regulations, competitors, and consumer behaviours emerging constantly.

In such a dynamic context, operating a business without a clear roadmap is akin to driving blindfolded: it's risky, to say the least. That's why crafting a business plan for your football club is vital to establish a successful and sustainable venture.

To create an effective business plan, you'll need to assess your current position (if you're already in business) and define where you want the business to be in the next three to five years.

Once you have a clear destination for your football club, you'll have to:

• Identify the necessary resources (human, equipment, and capital) needed to reach your goals,
• Determine the pace at which the business needs to progress to meet its objectives as scheduled,
• Recognize and address the potential risks you may encounter along the way.

Engaging in this process regularly proves advantageous for both startups and established companies. It empowers you to make informed decisions about resource allocation, ensuring the long-term success of your business.

To get visibility on future cash flows

If your small football club runs out of cash: it's game over. That's why we often say "cash is king", and it's crucial to have a clear view of your football club's future cash flows.

So, how can you achieve this? It's simple - you need to have an up-to-date financial forecast.

The good news is that your football club business plan already includes a financial forecast (which we'll discuss further in this guide). Your task is to ensure it stays current.

To accomplish this, it's essential to regularly compare your actual financial performance with what was planned in your financial forecast. Based on your business's current trajectory, you can make adjustments to the forecast.

By diligently monitoring your football club's financial health, you'll be able to spot potential financial issues, like unexpected cash shortfalls, early on and take corrective actions. Moreover, this practice will enable you to recognize and capitalize on growth opportunities, such as excess cash flow enabling you to expand to new locations.

To secure financing

A detailed business plan becomes a crucial tool when seeking financing from banks or investors for your football club.

Investing and lending to small businesses are very risky activities given how fragile they are. Therefore, financiers have to take extra precautions before putting their capital at risk.

At a minimum, financiers will want to ensure that you have a clear roadmap and a solid understanding of your future cash flows (like we just explained above). But they will also want to ensure that your business plan fits the risk/reward profile they seek.

This will off-course vary from bank to bank and investor to investor, but as a rule of thumb. Banks will want to see a conservative financial management style (low risk), and they will use the information in your business plan to assess your borrowing capacity — the level of debt they think your business can comfortably handle — and your ability to repay the loan. This evaluation will determine whether they'll provide credit to your football club and the terms of the agreement.

Whereas investors will carefully analyze your business plan to gauge the potential return on their investment. Their focus lies on evidence indicating your football club's potential for high growth, profitability, and consistent cash flow generation over time.

Now that you recognize the importance of creating a business plan for your football club, let's explore what information is required to create a compelling plan.

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Information needed to create a business plan for a football club

Drafting a football club business plan requires research so that you can project sales, investments and cost accurately in your financial forecast, and convince the reader that there is a viable commercial opportunity to be seized.

Below, we'll focus on three critical pieces of information you should gather before starting to write your plan.

Carrying out market research for a football club

Carrying out market research before writing a business plan for a football club is essential to ensure that the financial projections are accurate and realistic.

Market research helps you gain insight into your target customer base, competitors, pricing strategies and other key factors which can have an impact on the commercial success of your business.

In particular, it is useful in forecasting revenue as it provides valuable data regarding potential customers’ spending habits and preferences.

Your market research might reveal that there could be a trend towards increased interest in your football club due to recent successes. Additionally, it might show that there could be a trend towards increased demand for tickets and merchandise for your football club.

This information can then be used to create more accurate financial projections which will help investors make informed decisions about investing in your football club.

Developing the sales and marketing plan for a football club

Budgeting sales and marketing expenses is essential before creating a football club business plan.

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan should provide an accurate projection of what actions need to be implemented to acquire and retain customers, how many people are needed to carry out these initiatives, and how much needs to be spent on promotions, advertising, and other aspects.

This helps ensure that the right amount of resources is allocated to these activities in order to hit the sales and growth objectives forecasted in your business plan.

The staffing and capital expenditure requirements of a football club

Whether you are starting or expanding a football club, it is important to have a clear plan for recruitment and capital expenditures (investment in equipment and real estate) in order to ensure the success of the business.

Both the recruitment and investment plans need to be coherent with the timing and level of growth planned in your forecast, and require appropriate funding.

Football clubs may incur costs for staffing and equipment in order to run and manage their team. For example, they may need to hire a manager, assistant manager, coaches, and support staff such as physiotherapists, nutritionists, and medical staff. Additionally, they may need to pay for the players’ salaries, as well as any bonuses or other incentives. In terms of equipment, they may need to purchase items such as footballs, cones, goalposts, and training gear. Furthermore, they may need to purchase uniforms, boots, and other related items for the players.

In order to create a realistic financial forecast, you will also need to consider the other operating expenses associated with running the business on a day-to-day basis (insurance, bookkeeping, etc.). 

Once you have all the necessary information to create a business plan for your football club, it is time to start creating your financial forecast.

What goes into your football club's financial forecast?

The financial forecast of your football club's business plan will enable you to assess the growth, profitability, funding requirements, and cash generation potential of your business in the coming years.

The four key outputs of a financial forecast for a football club are:

• The profit and loss (P&L) statement ,
• The projected balance sheet ,
• The cash flow forecast ,
• And the sources and uses table .

Let's look at each of these in a bit more detail.

The projected P&L statement

The projected P&L statement for a football club shows how much revenue and profits your business is expected to generate in the future.

Ideally, your football club's P&L statement should show:

• Healthy growth - above inflation level
• Improving or stable profit margins
• Positive net profit

Expectations will vary based on the stage of your business. A startup will be expected to grow faster than an established football club. And similarly, an established company should showcase a higher level of profitability than a new venture.

The projected balance sheet of your football club

The balance sheet for a football club is a financial document that provides a snapshot of your business’s financial health at a given point in time.

It shows three main components: assets, liabilities and equity:

• Assets: are resources owned by the business, such as cash, equipment, and accounts receivable (money owed by clients).
• Liabilities: are debts owed to creditors and other entities, such as accounts payable (money owed to suppliers) and loans.
• Equity: includes the sums invested by the shareholders or business owners and the cumulative profits and losses of the business to date (called retained earnings). It is a proxy for the value of the owner's stake in the business.

Examining the balance sheet is important for lenders, investors, or other stakeholders who are interested in assessing your football club's liquidity and solvency:

• Liquidity: assesses whether or not your business has sufficient cash and short-term assets to honour its liabilities due over the next 12 months. It is a short-term focus.
• Solvency: assesses whether or not your business has the capacity to repay its debt over the medium-term.

Looking at the balance sheet can also provide insights into your football club's investment and financing policies.

In particular, stakeholders can compare the value of equity to the value of the outstanding financial debt to assess how the business is funded and what level of financial risk has been taken by the owners (financial debt is riskier because it has to be repaid, while equity doesn't need to be repaid).

The cash flow forecast

As we've seen earlier in this guide, monitoring future cash flows is the key to success and the only way of ensuring that your football club has enough cash to operate.

As you can expect showing future cash flows is the main role of the cash flow forecast in your football club business plan.

It is best practice to organise the cash flow statement by nature in order to show the cash impact of the following areas:

• Cash flow generated from operations: the operating cash flow shows how much cash is generated or consumed by the business's commercial activities
• Cash flow from investing activities: the investing cash flow shows how much cash is being invested in capital expenditure (equipment, real estate, etc.) either to maintain the business's equipment or to expand its capabilities
• Cash flow from financing activities: the financing cash flow shows how much cash is raised or distributed to financiers

Looking at the cash flow forecast helps you to make sure that your business has enough cash to keep running, and can help you anticipate potential cash shortfalls.

Your football club business plan will normally include both yearly and monthly cash flow forecasts so that the readers can view the impact of seasonality on your business cash position and generation.

The initial financing plan

The initial financing plan, also known as a sources and uses table, is a valuable resource to have in your business plan when starting your football club as it reveals the origins of the money needed to establish the business (sources) and how it will be allocated (uses).

Having this table helps show what costs are involved in setting up your football club, how risks are shared between founders, investors and lenders, and what the starting cash position will be. This cash position needs to be sufficient to sustain operations until the business reaches a break-even point.

Now that you have a clear understanding of what goes into the financial forecast of your football club business plan, let's shift our focus to the written part of the plan.

The written part of a football club business plan is composed of 7 main sections:

• The executive summary
• The presentation of the company
• The products and services
• The market analysis
• The strategy
• The operations
• The financial plan

Throughout these sections, you will seek to provide the reader with the details and context needed for them to form a view on whether or not your business plan is achievable and your forecast a realistic possibility.

Let's go through the content of each section in more detail!

1. The executive summary

In your football club's business plan, the first section is the executive summary — a captivating overview of your plan that aims to pique the reader's interest and leave them eager to learn more about your business.

When crafting the executive summary, start with an introduction to your business, including its name, concept, location, how long it has been running, and what sets it apart. Briefly mention the products and services you plan to offer and your target customer profile.

Following that, provide an overview of the addressable market for your football club, current trends, and potential growth opportunities.

Next, include a summary of key financial figures like projected revenues, profits, and cash flows.

Finally, in the "ask" section, detail any funding requirements you may have.

2. The presentation of the company

In your football club business plan, the second section should focus on the structure and ownership, location, and management team of your company.

In the structure and ownership part, you'll provide an overview of the business's legal structure, details about the owners, and their respective investments and ownership shares. This clarity is crucial, especially if you're seeking financing, as it helps the reader understand which legal entity will receive the funds and who controls the business.

Moving on to the location part, you'll offer an overview of the company's premises and their surroundings. Explain why this particular location is of interest, highlighting factors like catchment area, accessibility, and nearby amenities.

When describing the location of your football club, you could emphasize the potential benefits of its proximity to major highways, airports, and other transportation hubs. You may also point out the potential for increased attendance due to the presence of a large, diverse population in the surrounding area. You could also mention the potential for the team to become a regional or even national powerhouse, due to the presence of a large number of professional, college, and amateur sports teams in the vicinity. Finally, you might mention the potential for increased revenue through sponsorship opportunities, given the presence of international businesses in the area.

Finally, you should introduce your management team. Describe each member's role, background, and experience.

Don't forget to emphasize any past successes achieved by the management team and how long they've been working together. Demonstrating their track record and teamwork will help potential lenders or investors gain confidence in their leadership and ability to execute the business plan.

3. The products and services section

The products and services section of your business plan should include a detailed description of the offerings that your company provides to its customers. 

For example, your football club could offer a range of services and products to its customers. These might include season tickets, allowing customers to attend all of the team’s home matches for one fee; merchandise, such as replica shirts and hats; and match day hospitality packages, which give customers the opportunity to watch the match from a special area with VIP access and refreshments. These services and products would offer customers added value and help to boost the club’s profile and revenues.

When drafting this section, you should be precise about the categories of products or services you sell, the types of customers you are targeting and how customers can buy them.

4. The market analysis

When presenting your market analysis in your football club business plan, you should detail the customers' demographics and segmentation, target market, competition, barriers to entry, and any regulations that may apply.

The goal of this section is to help the reader understand how big and attractive your market is, and demonstrate that you have a solid understanding of the industry.

You should start with the demographics and segmentation subsection, which gives an overview of the addressable market for your football club, the main trends in the marketplace, and introduces the different customer segments and their preferences in terms of purchasing habits and budgets.

The target market section should follow and zoom on the customer segments your football club is targeting, and explain how your products and services meet the specific needs of these customers.

For example, your target market might include avid football fans. These would be people who regularly attend games and show a strong loyalty to the team. Additionally, they would be people who purchase merchandise and attend special events.

Then comes the competition subsection, where you should introduce your main competitors and explain what differentiates you from them.

Finally, you should finish your market analysis by giving an overview of the main regulations applicable to your football club.

5. The strategy section

When you write the strategy section of your football club business plan, remember to cover key elements such as your competitive edge, pricing strategy, sales & marketing plan, milestones, and risks and mitigants.

In the competitive edge subsection, elaborate on what makes your company stand out from competitors. This becomes especially important if you're a startup, aiming to carve a place for yourself amidst established players in the marketplace.

The pricing strategy subsection should demonstrate how you plan to maintain profitability while offering competitive prices to attract customers.

Outline your sales & marketing plan, detailing how you'll reach out to new customers and retain existing ones through loyalty programs or special offers.

For the milestones subsection, outline your company's achievements to date and your main objectives for the future, complete with specific dates to set clear expectations for progress.

Lastly, the risks and mitigants subsection should address the main risks that could affect your plan's execution. Explain the measures you've put in place to minimize these risks, assuring potential investors or lenders.

Your football club could face the risk of financial instability. This could happen if the club fails to generate enough revenue to cover its costs. It might also be exposed to the risk of legal issues. For example, the club might be required to pay compensation if it is found to have breached the rights of an employee or third party.

6. The operations section

The operations of your football club must be presented in detail in your business plan.

Begin by addressing your staff, specifying the main roles and your recruitment plan to support the anticipated growth. Outline the qualifications and experience needed for each role and discuss your recruitment strategies, which may involve using job boards, referrals, or headhunters.

Next, clearly state your football club's operating hours, allowing the reader to gauge the adequacy of your staffing levels. Additionally, mention any considerations for varying opening times during peak seasons and your approach to handling customer queries outside regular operating hours.

The key assets and intellectual property (IP) required to run your business should also be highlighted. If you rely on licenses, trademarks, physical structures like equipment or property, or lease agreements, ensure they are well-documented in this section.

You may have intellectual property such as the club logo and slogans, and key assets such as the club training ground and the players themselves. These could be extremely valuable to the club and might provide them with a larger competitive advantage over other clubs.

Finally, provide a comprehensive list of suppliers you intend to collaborate with, along with a breakdown of their services and main commercial terms, such as price, payment terms, break clauses and contract duration. Investors often seek insight into the reasons behind your supplier choices, which may include a preference for higher-quality products or established relationships from past ventures.

7. The presentation of the financial plan

The financial plan section is where we will include the financial forecast we discussed earlier in this guide.

Now that you have a clear idea of what goes into a football club business plan, let's look at some of the tools you can use to create yours efficiently.

What tool should I use to write my football club's business plan?

In this section, we will be reviewing the two main options for writing a football club business plan efficiently:

• Using specialized software,
• Outsourcing the drafting to the business plan writer.

Using an online business plan software for your football club's business plan

Using online business planning software is the most efficient and modern way to create a football club business plan.

There are several advantages to using specialized software:

• You can easily create your financial forecast by letting the software take care of the financial calculations for you without errors
• You are guided through the writing process by detailed instructions and examples for each part of the plan
• You can access a library of dozens of complete business plan samples and templates for inspiration
• You get a professional business plan, formatted and ready to be sent to your bank or investors
• You can easily track your actual financial performance against your financial forecast
• You can create scenarios to stress test your forecast's main assumptions
• You can easily update your forecast as time goes by to maintain visibility on future cash flows
• You have a friendly support team on standby to assist you when you are stuck

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Hiring a business plan writer to write your football club's business plan

Outsourcing your football club business plan to a business plan writer can also be a viable option.

Business plan writers are experienced in writing business plans and adept at creating financial forecasts without errors. Furthermore, hiring a consultant can save you time and allow you to focus on the day-to-day operations of your business.

However, hiring business plan writers is expensive as you are paying for the software used by the consultant, plus their time, and their profit margin of course.

From experience, you need to budget at least £1.5k ($2.0k) excluding tax for a complete business plan, more if you need to make changes after the initial version (which happens frequently after the initial meetings with lenders or investors).

You also need to be careful when seeking investment. Investors want their money to be used to grow the business, not spent on consulting fees. Therefore, the amount you spend on business plan writing services (and other consulting services such as legal services) needs to be negligible relative to the amount raised.

The other drawback is that you usually don't own the business plan itself: you just get the output, while the actual document is saved in the consultant's business plan software - which makes it difficult to maintain the document up to date without hiring the consultant on a retainer.

For these reasons, outsourcing the football club business plan to a business plan writer should be considered carefully, weighing both the advantages and disadvantages of hiring outside help.

Ultimately, it may be the right decision for some businesses, while others may find it beneficial to write their business plan using online software.

Why not create your football club's business plan using Word or Excel?

Using Microsoft Excel and Word (or their Google, Apple, or open-source equivalents) to write a football club business plan is a terrible idea.

For starters, creating an accurate and error-free financial forecast on Excel (or any spreadsheet) is very technical and requires both a strong grasp of accounting principles and solid skills in financial modelling.

As a result, it is unlikely anyone will trust your numbers unless - like us at The Business Plan Shop - you hold a degree in finance and accounting and have significant financial modelling experience in your past.

The second reason is that it is inefficient. Building forecasts on spreadsheets was the only option in the 1990s and early 2000s, nowadays technology has advanced and software can do it much faster and much more accurately.

And with the rise of AI, software is also becoming smarter at helping us detect mistakes in our forecasts and helping us analyse the numbers to make better decisions.

Also, using software makes it easy to compare actuals vs. forecasts and maintain our forecasts up to date to maintain visibility on future cash flows - as we discussed earlier in this guide - whereas this is a pain to do with a spreadsheet.

That's for the forecast, but what about the written part of my football club business plan?

This part is less error-prone, but here also software brings tremendous gains in productivity:

• Word processors don't include instructions and examples for each part of your business plan
• Word processors don't update your numbers automatically when they change in your forecast
• Word processors don't handle the formatting for you

Overall, while Word or Excel may be viable options for creating a football club business plan for some entrepreneurs, it is by far not the best or most efficient solution.

• Using business plan software is a modern and cost-effective way of writing and maintaining business plans.
• A business plan is not a one-shot exercise as maintaining it current is the only way to keep visibility on your future cash flows.
• A business plan has 2 main parts: a financial forecast outlining the funding requirements of your football club and the expected growth, profits and cash flows for the next 3 to 5 years; and a written part which gives the reader the information needed to decide if they believe the forecast is achievable.

We hope that this in-depth guide met your expectations and that you now have a clear understanding of how to write your football club business plan. Do not hesitate to contact our friendly team if you have questions additional questions we haven't addressed here.

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Founder & CEO at The Business Plan Shop Ltd

Guillaume Le Brouster is a seasoned entrepreneur and financier.

Guillaume has been an entrepreneur for more than a decade and has first-hand experience of starting, running, and growing a successful business.

Prior to being a business owner, Guillaume worked in investment banking and private equity, where he spent most of his time creating complex financial forecasts, writing business plans, and analysing financial statements to make financing and investment decisions.

Guillaume holds a Master's Degree in Finance from ESCP Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Business & Management from Paris Dauphine University.

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Executive summary executive summary is a brief introduction to your business plan. it describes your business, the problem that it solves, your target market, and financial highlights.">.

Twenty-five percent of Richmond Metro youth participated in organized sports last year, compared with 85 to 90 percent in the suburbs, according to a recent State University report entitled Richmond’s Youth Sport Need Assessment. Currently, there are 40,000 children in the Richmond Metro area between the ages of 6 to 14. In contrast to the metro area, the suburbs have a full array of youth sports with strong financial support. This late start for urban children, especially urban girls, in organized sports robs them of the opportunity for physical activity, coaching, being part of a team, learning skills, and substantial time away from “negative recreation” (drugs, violence or sexual activities).

Clinical studies also show that sports and recreation programs can help youth establish lifelong, healthy, physical activity patterns. Regular physical activity can ward off life-threatening diseases; reduce feelings of depression and anxiety; help control weight and obesity; and build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints, according to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness.

The children in the city’s core must have the opportunity for a successful start in education and sport regardless of age, race, gender, family composition, income or community. In response to this significant disparity, YouthSports will be created to provide the sports program necessary for Richmond children to have equal opportunity for organized sports.

Thanks to a three-year matching grant from The John Ford Stevenson Foundation (JFSF), YouthSports and several corporate partners plan to utilize organized sports and physical activity programs to promote healthy development in youth.

The JFSF, based in San Francisco, CA, is the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. It concentrates its grantmaking in three goal areas: to assure that all Americans have access to basic health care at reasonable cost; to improve care and support for people with chronic health conditions; and to reduce the personal, social and economic harm caused by substance abuse; tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs.

Schools and health care centers will host sport registration. The JFSF renewable matching grant is based on the concept that local funding sources have the clearest understanding of their communities’ needs. With matching contributions from local partners, the project will receive substantial funding.

Collaborating partners include:

• BlueCross/BlueShield.
• Mayor Linda Hargrove and the City of Richmond.
• Parks & Recreation Department.
• Richmond Unified School District.
• Templex Corporation.
• A.I. Kaufman and Sons.
• PriceRight Supermarkets.
• Avion Computers.
• The Richmond Mall.
• Richmond Bank.
• Rider Corporation.

With this base of support, YouthSports will raise additional money from program sponsors and fundraising campaigns.

1.1 Objectives

• To increase participation in youth sports and recreation programs in the Richmond Metro area.
• To increase youth access to health care and healthy development.

1.2 Mission

The mission of YouthSports is to create a youth sport program in the Richmond Metro area increasing both sport participation rates and healthy development of the area’s youth.

1.3 Keys to Success

• Utilizing the school system to promote the sports program and recruiting team coaches.
• Minimize field maintenance and facility costs with the school and city park systems.
• Maintaining the City Council’s support to provide scholarship funds for needy youth who want to participate in sports.
• Recruiting more corporate support for the sports program.
• Maintaining a high approval rate with the area’s parents and youth.

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YouthSports will be a private, non-profit, youth sports program serving children, ages 6-14, in the Richmond Metro area. The focus of the program is to promote youth sport participation, promote healthy development in youth, and increase youth access to health care.

YouthSports has rented office space near the city cent park system. Outdoor sports will be played on public school and park property. Indoor sports will be played in public school gyms.

2.1 Start-up Summary

Start-up costs and initial financing are shown on the following tables and chart.

YouthSports will offer the following sports during the year:

• Flag Football, August-November.
• 1st/2nd Grade Basketball, October-December.
• 3rd-8th Grade Basketball, December-March.
• Spring Soccer, March-May.
• T-Ball/Softball/Baseball, May-July.

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There are 40,000 children in the Richmond Metro area between six to 14 years of age. The age group percentages break down as follows:

• 50% – Ages 6-8.
• 30% – Ages 9-11.
• 20% – Ages 12-14.

Currently, only 10% of 6 -11 year olds in the Richmond Metro area participate in organized sports. More importantly, only 5% of girls in that age group are involved in sports. The current age break down provides YouthSports with an excellent opportunity to impact half of our target group at the youngest ages. This will have a tremendous impact on the success of the program over the next five years. 

It is also important to note that there are over 25,000 children in the Richmond Metro area between the ages of two to five. These children will be entering the YouthSports program within the next three years.

4.1 Market Segmentation

The 2-5 and 6-8 age groups represent over 70% of the children that YouthSports will serve over the next three years. It is critical that the program is prepared to manage the influx of these young children.

Strategy and Implementation Summary

It is critical that YouthSports takes a proactive strategy in promoting its program in the community as well as creating a strong fund-raising program. To accomplish these goals, YouthSports will have two groups overseeing the program’s growth and development. The first will be a 12-member Program Services Group comprising of community members. This group will provide oversight of the program’s service delivery to the community and will also be responsible for building community support for YouthSports. The second group will be a 10-member Finance Group that will have Richmond business representation. The Finance Group will have oversight over the program’s fiscal operation and fund-raising activities.

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Mobilizing a coaching/supervision base will provide YouthSports the people power necessary to get its message to the entire community.

Sign-up for the program will be simplified by providing participation forms at each school and at the larger community markets. At each location, there will be a collection kiosk where the forms can be dropped off.

5.1 Competitive Edge

YouthSports’ competitive edge is twofold. One is the support of the community’s public resources to build a successful sports program that will have a positive impact on the attitude and health of the area’s children.

The school district has committed to strongly pushing the sports program. Each of the area’s elementary and middle schools will choose a school team name. The name will then be used by the school teams. Sport participation will be promoted in the classroom and volunteer coaches will be allowed to visit classrooms and speak to the children.

The city park system has been pivotal in obtaining sports equipment for the program at a discounted rate, saving the program a large expense.

The program’s second advantage is the support of businesses to have a real impact on the metro youth. The revitalization of the Richmond’s urban center can only be built upon the improved quality of life of metro residents. The current demographics, with the majority of metro children under the age of six, provides a unique opportunity to have a dynamic impact on the area’s youth. Richmond businesses are lining up to become sport sponsors and school team sponsors.

5.2 Fundraising Strategy

YouthSports will be directing its fund-raising program at two groups. One will be the metro area parents, the other will be Richmond’s businesses. Being successful with both groups is key to the program’s future.

• Metro Area Parents : The program’s expectations is that sign-up fees will pay for only 30% of operating cost but the fee is crucial for several reasons. First, without a sense of ownership in the program the community will not support the program over time. Second, a monetary commitment to the program creates an expectation of services that will push the program to become more responsive to the community needs. The third reason, and the most important, is that the fee is an organizing tool to recruit volunteers who will commit to work a number of hours for the program as part of a child scholarship agreement.
• Richmond Businesses : Local businesses can become sponsors of YouthSports sport seasons (like PriceRight can sponsor the Flag Football Season), school teams, or sport tournaments. With the sponsorship will come the opportunity to have the company name on field/facility banners, team uniforms, and YouthSports mass mailings. YouthSports will also have four high-profile fundraisers each year.

5.2.1 Funding Forecast

The following is the funding forecast for three years.

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YouthSports will establish a team to manage the day to day operation of the program.

6.1 Personnel Plan

The program team will have the following positions:

• Assistant Director.
• Volunteer Coordinator.
• Sponsorship/Fundraising Developer.
• Facility Coordinator.
• Coordinator of Game Officials.
• Area Supervisors (3).
• Office Manager.
• Clerical Staff (2).

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The following is the Financial Plan for YouthSports for three years.

7.1 Break-even Analysis

The following table and chart show the Break-even Analysis for YouthSports.

7.2 Projected Surplus or Deficit

The following is the Surplus or Deficit of the program’s operation for three years.

7.3 Projected Cash Flow

The following is the Projected Cash Flow of the program’s operation for three years.

7.4 Projected Balance Sheet

The following is the Projected Balance Sheet of the program’s operation for three years.

7.5 Standard Ratios

Business ratios for the years of this plan are shown below. Industry profile ratios based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 7999, Amusement and Recreation, are shown for comparison.

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How to Write a Football Coaching Business Plan in 7 Steps:

1. describe the purpose of your football coaching business..

The first step to writing your business plan is to describe the purpose of your football coaching business. This includes describing why you are starting this type of business, and what problems it will solve for customers. This is a quick way to get your mind thinking about the customers’ problems. It also helps you identify what makes your business different from others in its industry.

It also helps to include a vision statement so that readers can understand what type of company you want to build.

Here is an example of a purpose mission statement for a football coaching business:

Our mission at [Football Coaching Business] is to provide quality, effective coaching and instruction to a diverse range of individuals and teams. We strive to ensure that each participant reaches their highest potential through our commitment to excellence and our passion for the game of football.

2. Products & Services Offered by Your Football Coaching Business.

The next step is to outline your products and services for your football coaching business. 

When you think about the products and services that you offer, it's helpful to ask yourself the following questions:

• What is my business?
• What are the products and/or services that I offer?
• Why am I offering these particular products and/or services?
• How do I differentiate myself from competitors with similar offerings?
• How will I market my products and services?

You may want to do a comparison of your business plan against those of other competitors in the area, or even with online reviews. This way, you can find out what people like about them and what they don’t like, so that you can either improve upon their offerings or avoid doing so altogether.

3. Build a Creative Marketing Stratgey.

If you don't have a marketing plan for your football coaching business, it's time to write one. Your marketing plan should be part of your business plan and be a roadmap to your goals. 

A good marketing plan for your football coaching business includes the following elements:

Target market

• Who is your target market?
• What do these customers have in common?
• How many of them are there?
• How can you best reach them with your message or product?

Customer base 

• Who are your current customers? 
• Where did they come from (i.e., referrals)?
• How can their experience with your football coaching business help make them repeat customers, consumers, visitors, subscribers, or advocates for other people in their network or industry who might also benefit from using this service, product, or brand?

Product or service description

• How does it work, what features does it have, and what are its benefits?
• Can anyone use this product or service regardless of age or gender?
• Can anyone visually see themselves using this product or service?
• How will they feel when they do so? If so, how long will the feeling last after purchasing (or trying) the product/service for the first time?

Competitive analysis

• Which companies are competing with yours today (and why)? 
• Which ones may enter into competition with yours tomorrow if they find out about it now through word-of-mouth advertising; social media networks; friends' recommendations; etc.)
• What specific advantages does each competitor offer over yours currently?

Marketing channels

• Which marketing channel do you intend to leverage to attract new customers?
• What is your estimated marketing budget needed?
• What is the projected cost to acquire a new customer?
• How many of your customers do you instead will return?

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4. Write Your Operational Plan.

Next, you'll need to build your operational plan. This section describes the type of business you'll be running, and includes the steps involved in your operations. 

In it, you should list:

• The equipment and facilities needed
• Who will be involved in the business (employees, contractors)
• Financial requirements for each step
• Milestones & KPIs
• Location of your business
• Zoning & permits required for the business

What equipment, supplies, or permits are needed to run a football coaching business?

• Protective Gear for Players
• Coaching Equipment (training cones, agility ladders, etc.)
• Field for Practice and Games
• Business License or Permit from Local Authorities
• First Aid Kit and Supplies
• Insurance Coverage for Staff and Players

5. Management & Organization of Your Football Coaching Business.

The second part of your football coaching business plan is to develop a management and organization section.

This section will cover all of the following:

• How many employees you need in order to run your football coaching business. This should include the roles they will play (for example, one person may be responsible for managing administrative duties while another might be in charge of customer service).
• The structure of your management team. The higher-ups like yourself should be able to delegate tasks through lower-level managers who are directly responsible for their given department (inventory and sales, etc.).
• How you’re going to make sure that everyone on board is doing their job well. You’ll want check-ins with employees regularly so they have time to ask questions or voice concerns if needed; this also gives you time to offer support where necessary while staying informed on how things are going within individual departments too!

6. Football Coaching Business Startup Expenses & Captial Needed.

This section should be broken down by month and year. If you are still in the planning stage of your business, it may be helpful to estimate how much money will be needed each month until you reach profitability.

Typically, expenses for your business can be broken into a few basic categories:

Startup Costs

Startup costs are typically the first expenses you will incur when beginning an enterprise. These include legal fees, accounting expenses, and other costs associated with getting your business off the ground. The amount of money needed to start a football coaching business varies based on many different variables, but below are a few different types of startup costs for a football coaching business.

Running & Operating Costs

Running costs refer to ongoing expenses related directly with operating your business over time like electricity bills or salaries paid out each month. These types of expenses will vary greatly depending on multiple variables such as location, team size, utility costs, etc.

Marketing & Sales Expenses

You should include any costs associated with marketing and sales, such as advertising and promotions, website design or maintenance. Also, consider any additional expenses that may be incurred if you decide to launch a new product or service line. For example, if your football coaching business has an existing website that needs an upgrade in order to sell more products or services, then this should be listed here.

7. Financial Plan & Projections

A financial plan is an important part of any business plan, as it outlines how the business will generate revenue and profit, and how it will use that profit to grow and sustain itself. To devise a financial plan for your football coaching business, you will need to consider a number of factors, including your start-up costs, operating costs, projected revenue, and expenses. 

Here are some steps you can follow to devise a financial plan for your football coaching business plan:

• Determine your start-up costs: This will include the cost of purchasing or leasing the space where you will operate your business, as well as the cost of buying or leasing any equipment or supplies that you need to start the business.
• Estimate your operating costs: Operating costs will include utilities, such as electricity, gas, and water, as well as labor costs for employees, if any, and the cost of purchasing any materials or supplies that you will need to run your business.
• Project your revenue: To project your revenue, you will need to consider the number of customers you expect to have and the average amount they will spend on each visit. You can use this information to estimate how much money you will make from selling your products or services.
• Estimate your expenses: In addition to your operating costs, you will need to consider other expenses, such as insurance, marketing, and maintenance. You will also need to set aside money for taxes and other fees.
• Create a budget: Once you have estimated your start-up costs, operating costs, revenue, and expenses, you can use this information to create a budget for your business. This will help you to see how much money you will need to start the business, and how much profit you can expect to make.
• Develop a plan for using your profit: Finally, you will need to decide how you will use your profit to grow and sustain your business. This might include investing in new equipment, expanding the business, or saving for a rainy day.

Frequently Asked Questions About Football Coaching Business Plans:

Why do you need a business plan for a football coaching business.

A business plan is an essential document for any business, and a football coaching business is no exception. A well-written business plan serves several purposes, including outlining the goals and objectives of the business, identifying potential sources of financing and revenue, estimating costs and profits, determining marketing strategies, and offering a roadmap for achieving success. Furthermore, a business plan can provide detailed information on industry trends and regulations to ensure that your football coaching business is meeting all requirements. Finally, if you're looking to secure financing from investors or lenders, a comprehensive business plan can be an invaluable tool in helping to explain your idea and demonstrate the potential for success.

Who should you ask for help with your football coaching business plan?

You should ask a professional business consultant or a qualified accountant for help with creating your football coaching business plan. Additionally, you may want to reach out to experienced business owners in the same industry for advice and guidance.

Can you write a football coaching business plan yourself?

Writing a successful business plan for a football coaching business requires comprehensive planning, research and an understanding of the coaching industry. It is best to consult with professional business plan writers and advisors to ensure that your plan is well-researched, comprehensive and tailored to your individual needs. Business plan writers can help you identify key elements of the plan such as mission and vision statements, market analysis, target demographics, financial projections and more. Professional advice is helpful in order to craft a plan that will attract interest from investors and financiers.

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Starting or expanding your football coaching business requires a winning game plan. With ClickUp's Football Coach Business Plan Template, you can kick off your journey to success with a strategic playbook in hand!

The Football Coach Business Plan Template empowers you to:

• Define clear business goals and objectives for your coaching venture
• Develop effective strategies to attract investors and secure funding
• Create financial projections to steer your business towards growth and profitability

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Creating a solid foundation for your football coaching business is crucial for success. The Football Coach Business Plan Template can help you achieve this by:

• Outlining clear business goals and strategies for your coaching business
• Providing a roadmap for your operations and growth, ensuring you stay on track
• Helping attract potential investors by showcasing your vision and financial projections
• Securing funding more easily with a well-structured business plan in place

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To kickstart your football coaching business, ClickUp's Football Coach Business Plan Template offers:

• Custom Statuses: Track progress with statuses like Complete, In Progress, Needs Revision, and To Do for each aspect of your business plan
• Custom Fields: Utilize custom fields like Reference, Approved, and Section to add specific details like references, approval status, and categorization to your business plan tasks
• Custom Views: Navigate through 5 different views including Topics, Status, Timeline, Business Plan, and Getting Started Guide to organize and visualize your business plan effectively
• Financial Projections: Manage financial aspects with budget tracking, revenue projections, expense tracking, and profit/loss calculations using ClickUp's financial tools.

How To Use Football Coach Business Plan Template

Planning your football coaching business effectively is crucial for success. follow these six steps using the football coach business plan template in clickup:, 1. define your coaching business goals.

Before diving into the details of your business plan, take the time to clearly define your coaching business goals. Are you looking to expand your client base, introduce new training programs, or enhance your online presence? Knowing your objectives will guide the rest of your planning process.

Utilize Goals in ClickUp to set clear and measurable objectives for your coaching business.

2. Conduct a market analysis

Understand the current landscape of football coaching in your area by conducting a thorough market analysis. Identify your target audience, analyze your competitors, and pinpoint any gaps or opportunities in the market.

Use the Board view in ClickUp to organize and analyze your market research findings efficiently.

3. Develop your coaching services

Based on your goals and market analysis, outline the coaching services you will offer. Determine the different training programs, camps, clinics, or workshops you plan to provide to your clients.

Use custom fields in ClickUp to categorize and detail the various coaching services you will offer.

4. Establish a pricing strategy

Decide on a pricing strategy for your coaching services. Consider factors such as your costs, competitor pricing, and the value you provide to your clients. Set competitive yet sustainable prices that align with your business goals.

Utilize the Table view in ClickUp to compare and adjust pricing strategies easily.

5. Create a marketing plan

Develop a comprehensive marketing plan to promote your football coaching business. Identify the marketing channels you will use, such as social media, email campaigns, or partnerships. Outline your strategies for attracting new clients and retaining existing ones.

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6. Monitor performance and adapt

Once your business plan is in action, regularly monitor the performance of your coaching business. Track key metrics, analyze client feedback, and assess the effectiveness of your strategies. Be prepared to adapt and make changes as needed to ensure the success of your football coaching business.

Utilize Dashboards in ClickUp to create visual representations of your business performance metrics for easy monitoring and decision-making.

Get Started with ClickUp’s Football Coach Business Plan Template

Football coaches looking to start or grow their business can utilize the Football Coach Business Plan Template in ClickUp to create a comprehensive plan for their operations and growth.

To get started, hit “Add Template” to sign up for ClickUp and add the template to your Workspace. Make sure you designate which Space or location in your Workspace you’d like this template applied.

Next, invite relevant team members or stakeholders to your Workspace to collaborate effectively.

Now, leverage the full potential of this template to build a successful football coaching business:

• Use the Topics View to outline key areas of your business plan such as marketing, finances, and operations
• The Status View helps you track progress of each section in your business plan
• Utilize the Timeline View to set deadlines and milestones for key tasks and objectives
• The Business Plan View provides a holistic overview of your entire plan for easy reference
• The Getting Started Guide View offers a step-by-step roadmap to kickstart your business planning process

Organize tasks into four different statuses: Complete, In Progress, Needs Revision, To Do, to monitor progress effectively

Customize your template by adding the Reference, Approved, and Section custom fields to provide additional context and track important information

Monitor and analyze your business plan tasks to ensure you stay on track and achieve your goals efficiently.

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Starting your own small business in the UK isn’t easy but having a properly developed business plan will help you achieve success.

To start a Football Club business in the UK, take the time and explain the idea via a business plan.

Understanding all of the aspects of the business idea will be the key to getting the Football Club business running like a well-oiled machine. The business plan you develop will help you organize the elements needed into a strategy that you can actually use to startup, by paving a clear road map as to what you need to follow for the lifespan of your business.

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The free business plan builder template is provided by UKStartups.org to help you develop your own business plan. For step by step guidance, see the 5 steps below.

Once completed, the result will be a clean, professional plan that will help you start your own Football Club small business in the UK.

When you have completed your Football Club business plan, the next step will be to find available funding that will help, or to speak with a funding adviser who will assist you each step of the way to securing the needed funds to make your Football Club business startup.

If you are looking to limit your startup costs when starting up a Football Club small business in the UK, this free business plan builder tool will be it.

Starting a Football Club business is only one of the ways others have used this free business plan tool. There are hundreds of different ideas you can start, and if you need guidance, do reach out to a UKStartups expert to get the needed assistance and guidance.

Step 1. Your business information

To develop a proper Football Club business plan with the free business plan builder template, it is important to answer each of the questions about your business to the best of your abilities.

What is your business? What are the products/services you provide? Who are your customers? What are your goals…etc?

Having a clear explanation will help you create a in-depth business plan that you can actually use to start the Football Club business and to apply for needed funding to cover your startup costs.

Step 2. Projecting your revenues/income

The Football Club industry can have great results. Planning and projecting the financial figures to approximate what you will make each year is crucial to building a strong business plan.

What do you think your business will make from each of its products/services? Simply list your products/services, enter the appropriate financial figures (costs and expenses).

If you don’t have the figures, in many cases it is recommended to do a a bit more research on other Football Club businesses locally and within your own region to get an idea of potential revenue. You can do your best to estimate the figures and growth potential.

If you need assistance in projecting, you can always contact UK Startups funding experts for the help.

Step 3. Your business market

As a Football Club business, having a clear explanation of the market and industry that you are in will help you plan for the figure and will ensure you can take the business to the next level.

Explain your location of business, share specifics about your customers, showcase your competition and explain the advantages you have over your competition.

Step 4. The future plan

Starting your own Football Club business and getting it off the ground is important to you.

No matter if you’re planning on applying for government funding for your Football Club business or not, it is important to plan out the future and provide an explanation of how you will grow the business. This means explaining your marketing plan, your sales strategy and clearly outlining a growth plan for the next few years.

Be sure to break this down step by step to show how you intend on making sure your Football Club business can grow each year.

Keep in mind that often business plans are focused on key people. Be sure to discuss yourself, your role and any other key figures in the business as well.

Step 5. The financials

In the end, it all comes down to the financials. If you are seeking funding, or not – the business plan you develop needs to have clearly defined financials or projections. The business plan builder tool makes it easy to develop your financial charts by simply entering your expected revenues per month and year. If you don’t have the figures as it’s a new business be sure to project the figures based on your expectations. If you need help with this, ask the UK Startups experts .

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• Area Area of this architecture project Area:  442915 m²
• Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
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Settlement could cost NCAA nearly $3 billion; plan to pay athletes would need federal protection

FILE - Boston College play SMU during the first half of the Fenway Bowl NCAA football game at Fenway Park Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, in Boston. With the expanded College Football Playoff locked in through 2031, questions still remain about what the rest of the postseason will look like. One thing is certain, there will still be bowl games. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The NCAA and major college conferences are considering a possible settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that could cost them billions in damages and force schools to share athletics-related revenue with their athletes.

But even if college sports leaders create a new, more professional model for collegiate athletics they likely would need help from Congress if athletes are not classified as employees.

Two people familiar with settlement discussions related to House vs. the NCAA told the AP on Friday the association could pay out $2.9 billion in damages over 10 years to resolve the class-action lawsuit — which is set to go to trial in January. Schools in the Big Ten, Big 12, Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference could be on the hook for about $30 million per year, which would include about $20 million annually directed to their athletes.

The people spoke on condition of anonymity because settlement negotiations were not being made public, and emphasized a deal is far from finalized. Conditions of an agreement still must be approved by the NCAA board of governors and the presidential boards of each of the four conferences.

Yahoo Sports and ESPN first reported details of the potential settlement agreement.

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken, who already has ruled on several high-profile antitrust cases against the NCAA in the Northern District of California, ordered the sides to attempt to settle the case months ago. A more developed plan emerged from a meeting of NCAA and conference officials in Dallas last week.

Earlier this week, Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark declined to discuss anything related to a possible settlement or the gathering in Dallas while speaking with reporters after his conference meetings in Arizona wrapped up.

There is quiet acknowledgement among many college sports administrators that a settlement of House is the best course of action. The case, brought by former Arizona State swimmer Grant House, contends college athletes should receive a cut of the billions of dollars in media rights fees that go to the power conferences and the NCAA, dating to 2016.

The NCAA is facing several other antitrust challenges to compensation and transfer rules, but House has become a catalyst for action.

In a previous filing, attorneys for the NCAA and the conferences contend damages in House will be $1.4 billion, though in successful antitrust cases damages are tripled.

The NCAA and college sports leaders have been seeking help from Congress in the form of a federal law to regulate NIL compensation for several years, but there has been little movement on that front.

More recently the emphasis from NCAA President Charlie Baker and others has shifted to trying to prevent college athletes from being deemed employees.

Even with a settlement in House and a revenue-sharing plan, the NCAA and major conferences could still need a federal law or antitrust protection to prevent more challenges.

A separate antitrust lawsuit in Pennsylvania dealing with the employment status is also active.

“In terms of their legal options one is to go to Congress, two is to recognize the athletes as employees and enter collective bargaining agreements, the other one is to try to operate in a way that is more defensible under the law,” Tulane sports law professor Gabe Feldman said. “The door is still open to re-invent itself to either withstand litigation or gain more support for congressional intervention.”

Feldman said a federal law that denies college athletes employment status could face a court challenge without the NCAA and conferences being granted an antitrust exemption by Congress.

“It’s hard to ask Congress to protect something that so many see as exploitative,” Feldman said.

A recent ruling from an National Labor Relations Board regional director paved the way for members of the Dartmouth men’s basketball team to vote to join a union. The school is fighting that decision.

Some type of revenue-sharing agreement or substantially increased payments to college athletes on top of scholarships seems inevitable.

Baker himself proposed in December creating a new tier of Division I in which schools would be required to pay at least half their athletes $30,000 per year in trust funds. Baker also encouraged schools to bring NIL activities for athletes in-house instead of solely allowing them to work with third-party entities.

Baker’s D-I project proposal has mostly been tabled, but allowing — though not requiring — schools to pay their athletes seems closer than ever to becoming a reality.

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