Dual career in brazil: Analysis on men elite futsal players’ academic degree

Abstract

Developing an elite sport career requires efforts, being a challenge combining it with education in a context of dual career. Considering the futsal’s high social relevance in Brazil, this study aimed to analyse the academic degree of men elite futsal players in São Paulo state. Data collection occurred based on a questionnaire application to 145 Brazilian men elite futsal players, related to their own and their parents’ academic degree, and information on types of school/universities they attended. Statistical analysis was based on Chi-square, Cramer’s V and Spearman correlation tests. Discussion was based on categories from Pierre Bourdieu’s Reflexive Sociology, with emphasis on familial cultural inheritance. Main results are: most of participants were not harmed on dual career; players that earned sport scholarships completed the basic education degrees; there was not influence from parents’ institutionalized cultural capital on players’ academic career. Concluding, majority of the participants presented better academic degree than the correspondent Brazilian stratified population. The investment on sport career seems facilitated this process, especially through sport scholarships.