The expectations of certified athletes from the support of local administrations

Local Administrations that are the closest management to the community carry the first degree responsibility about providing to the community services such as sport, education, and health. These components that are mentioned have been guaranteed by the law in Turkey like in the World. In this study, the importance of the sports and the place of them in the countries that are succesful in sports have been investigated by using samples from several countries. Also, the sports have been investigated in Turkey and duties on the basis of local administrations and the results that revealed have been discussed. In this study, quantitive analysis method was used. SPSS Statistical Package for Social Sciences program was used to evaluate the data obtained from the questionnaries. Factor analysis, T Test, Cronbach's Alpha, KMO and Bartlett tests was used in data analysis. The support of local administrations to the sports have been found inadequate as a result of the research. Certified athletes expect more support from the local administrations about support to the sports. In the end of the research, solution proposal have been developed for these problems. Keywords: Local Administration, Sports, Local Administrations and Sports, Administration, Certified Athletes.