Az élsportolók egyetemi tanulmányait támogató rendszer elmúlt 11 éve Kaposváron = The past eleven years of the system of supporting top athletes in their university studies in Kaposvár

Absztrakt

In accordance with the EU resolutions, in 2001 the City Hall of Kaposvár accepted its
conception for the short and long-term development of sports. In this they put forth a new
direction in supporting top athletes along with the University of Kaposvár, so moulding a
new type of career for top sportsmen and sportswomen. During the course of the preparatory
phase they tried to explore the possible areas of cooperation through analyses of
documents and in depth interviews. And finally in the march of 2005 the University of
Kaposvár and the City Hall signed the agreement on the reciprocal support of top athletes
in their university studies. In the initial year there were only four, but by 2016 there were
10 top athletes in the system. The program has gone through an immense change in the
past 11 years. Within the framework of a complex system of sports management, firstclass
athletes selected for the national teams such as basketball, volleyball and water-polo
players, footballers, equestrian sportsmen and sportswomen, show-jumpers, snowboarders,
kayakists, track-and-field and bowling athletes and wrestlers have been involved in a
system of sports scholarships, flexible academic and examination systems, dormitory accommodation
at a reduced price, individual use of sports facilities and language acqusition.
Now we have an independent, first-league wpmen’s volleyball team bearing the
names of both the town and the university as sponsors.
In 2015 the City Hall and the University prolonged the agreement for another five
years and increased the financial source of grants fourfold, thus broadening the possibilities of the program. The aim of the publication is to present the experience which has built up during the 11 years of the establishment and operation of this spoirts scholarship. Through presenting the results we will not fail to mention the hardships of the establishment and the singular occurrances during this period and the benefits that have emerged these days from the cooperation of the local top sports, the City Hall and the University of Kaposvár.