El campo académico de la Gestión del Deporte: pasado, presente y futuro. (The academic field of Sport Management: past, present and future)

La industria del deporte tiene actualmente una gran repercusion e impacto en nuestra sociedad, en areas tan diversas como la de la economia, los medios de comunicacion, la salud o la politica. Dada esta importancia, con el paso de los anos se ha ido generando un campo academico especifico propio de la gestion del deporte. Un area de estudios que ha vivido un gran crecimiento en un corto periodo de tiempo. En este trabajo se realiza una revision de aspectos relevantes que han ido configurando la identidad de la gestion del deporte como campo academico especifico. Para ello, se ha recurrido a fuentes documentales de los autores mas destacados del area de la gestion del deporte, poniendo especial atencion a la construccion teorica del campo, sus principales revistas academicas y los principales temas y tendencias de las investigaciones. Las reflexiones finales del trabajo reflejan los principales avances que se han producido en este campo de estudio, asi como las grandes oportunidades que actualmente genera la gestion del deporte para desarrollar una carrera academica y/o profesional y mirar con optimismo al futuro, donde sigue habiendo un gran espacio para su crecimiento. = The industry of sport currently has a big impact on our society, in areas as diverse as economics, mass media, health or politics. As a result of this new trend, a specific academic field, identified as ‘Sport Management’ has emerged in the past years. A study field that appears to have experienced a substantive growth over a short period of time. This paper has conducted a review on the relevant aspects that have shaped the identity of Sport Management as an academic field. For that purpose, documentary sources have been used as reference with a main focus in those produced by relevant authors of the Sport Management field, granting special attention to the theoretical construction of the field, its main academic journals, topics and research trends. The final reflections of this investigation show the main developments on this academic field, as well the broad opportunities that the Sport Management investigation field offers to develop an academic and/or professional career and to look into the future with optimism, as there is still a wide range of investigation areas to explore/develop under this theme.