Hard Ball: The Abuse of Power in Pro Team Sports
James P. Quirk and Rodney D. Fort
Andrew Zimbalist
The Value of Major League Baseball Ownership
Rodney Fort
NFL vs. Sherman Act: How the NFL’s Ban on Public Ownership Violates Federal Antitrust Laws
Genevieve F. E. Birren
Ryan Schaffer
Tax Revisions of 2004 and Pro Sports Team Ownership
Edward N. Coulson and Rodney Fort
CHAPTER 2 Leagues: Structure and Background
POSITIONING OF SPORTS IN THE U.S. ECONOMY
On the Global Economic Downturn and Sports
Kenneth Shropshire and Scott Rosner
OVERVIEW OF THE PROFESSIONAL MODEL
Michael Danielson
The Economics of Promotion and Relegation in Sports Leagues: The Case of English Football
Roger G. Noll
The Economist
Cricket in India: Moving into a League of Its Own
India Knowledge@Wharton
Twenty20 Cricket: An Examination of the Critical Success Factors in the Development of Competition
Christopher Hyde and Adrian Pritchard
Arsenal FC Annual Report, 2008
P. D. Hill-Wood, Chairman
The Impact of the Flat World on Player Transfers in Major League Baseball
Scott R. Rosner and William T. Conroy
CHAPTER 4 Emerging and Niche Leagues
Tim Bezbatchenko
Marc Edelman and Elizabeth Masterson
Marc Edelman and C. Keith Harrison
The Inaugural (and Only) Season of the Xtreme Football League: A Case Study in Sports Entertainment
Keith Willoughby and Chad Mancini
Michael Davis
CHAPTER 5 Revenue Sharing and Competitive Balance
INTRADEPENDENCE: REVENUE SHARING AMONG CLUBS
Keeping Score: The Economics of Big-Time Sports
Richard G. Sheehan
Thinking About Competitive Balance
Allen R. Sanderson and John J. Siegfried
Clay Moorhead
IMPACT OF REVENUE SHARING ON COMPETITIVE BALANCE
Competitive Balance in Team Sports and the Impact of Revenue Sharing
Stefan Kesenne
The Coming Revenue Revolution in Sports
Jack F. Williams
IMPACT OF STAR PLAYERS ON GATE RECEIPTS
Stars at the Gate: The Impact of Star Power on NBA Gate Revenues
David J. Berri, Martin B. Schmidt, and Stacey L. Brook
Vend It Like Beckham: David Beckham’s Effect on MLS Ticket Sales
Robert Lawson, Kathleen Sheehan, and E. Frank Stephenson
Ticket Prices, Concessions and Attendance at Professional Sporting Events
Dennis Coates and Brad R. Humphreys
Variable Ticket Pricing in Major League Baseball
Daniel A. Rascher, Chad D. McEvoy, Mark S. Nagel, and Matthew T. Brown
Globalisation and Sports Branding: The Case of Manchester United
John S. Hill and John Vincent
Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Nets Sports and Entertainment, LLC and Subsidiaries
Nets Sports and Entertainment, LLC and Subsidiaries
FINANCING AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND
Martin J. Greenberg
Sports and the City: How to Curb Professional Sports Teams’ Demands for Free Public Stadiums
Marc Edelman
The Name Is the Game in Facility Naming Rights
Martin J. Greenberg and April R. Anderson
Panel I: The Future of Sports Television
Ronald A. Cass, Mark Abbott, Irwin Kishner, Brad Ruskin, and Alan Vickery
The NFL Programming Schedule: A Study of Agenda-Setting
John A. Fortunato
Forecasting the Importance of Media Technology in Sport: The Case of the Televised Ice Hockey Product in Canada
Norm O’Reilly and Ryan Rahinel
Regional Sports Networks, Competition, and the Consumer
Diana Moss
Irving Rein, Philip Kotler, and Ben Shields
CHAPTER 9 Labor Matters: Unions
MICROPERSPECTIVE: THE BASEBALL STORY
The Trend Toward Principled Negotiation in Major League Baseball Collective Bargaining
Andrew P. Hanson
Labor Relations in Major League Baseball
Andrew Zimbalist
Ryan T. Dryer
MICROPERSPECTIVE: THE HOCKEY STORY
Paul D. Staudohar
CHAPTER 10 Labor Matters: Athlete Compensation
Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports
James Quirk and Rodney D. Fort
The Sports Business as a Labor Market Laboratory
Lawrence M. Kahn
Does One Simply Need to Score to Score?
David J. Berri, Stacey L. Brook, and Martin B. Schmidt
An Economic Evaluation of the Moneyball Hypothesis
Jahn K. Hakes and Raymond D. Sauer
Is the Moneyball Approach Transferable to Complex Invasion Team Sports?
Bill Gerrard
INFLATIONARY SALARY MECHANISMS
Do Firms Have Short Memories?: Evidence from Major League Baseball
Andrew Healy
The National Hockey League and Salary Arbitration: Time for a Line Change
Stephen M. Yoost
DEFLATIONARY SALARY MECHANISMS
The NBA Luxury Tax Model: A Misguided Regulatory Regime
Richard A. Kaplan
Football May Be Ill, But Don’t Blame Bosman
William Duffy
CHAPTER 11 Sports Franchise Valuation
The Financial Valuation of Sports Franchises
Mitchell Ziets and David Haber
Fitch Ratings—Criteria Report Global Sports Rating Guidelines, May 9, 2007
Chad Lewis, Jessica Soltz Rudd, Laurence Monnier, and Cherian George
DETERMINANTS OF FRANCHISE VALUES
Brad Humphreys and Michael Mondello
The Economic Determinants of Professional Sports Franchise Values
Donald L. Alexander and William Kern
Professional Sports: The Next Evolution in Value Creation
Jeff Phillips and Jeremy Krasner
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT
Management of the Olympic Games: The Lessons of Sydney
Jean-Loup Chappelet
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE REVENUE SOURCES
The Financing and Economic Impact of the Olympic Games
Brad R. Humphreys and Andrew Zimbalist
Evolution of Olympic Sponsorship and Its Impact on the Olympic Movement
Chrysostomos Giannoulakis and David Stotlar
CHAPTER 13 History and Structure
Rodney K. Smith
Principles and Practice of Sport Management
Lisa Pike Masteralexis, Carol A. Barr, and Mary A. Hums
Sports Law: Cases and Materials
Ray Yasser, James R. McCurdy, C. Peter Goplerud, and Maureen A. Weston
CHAPTER 14 The NCAA and Conference Affiliation
The Business of College Sports and the High Cost of Winning
Roger C. Noll
Jack Copeland
The 2009 NCAA State of the Association Speech, as Delivered by Wallace I. Renfro, NCAA Vice President and Senior Advisor to President Myles Brand, January 15, 2009
Myles Brand
NCAA 2008–2009 Revenue Distribution Plan
National Collegiate Athletic Association and Subsidiaries
CHAPTER 15 Member Institutions
OVERVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT
Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University: A University President’s Perspective
James J. Duderstadt
University of Michigan Department of Athletics Operating Budgets, 2009–2010
DIRECT IMPACTS OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
The Physical Capital Stock Used in Collegiate Athletics
Jonathan M. Orszag and Peter R. Orszag
The Empirical Effects of Collegiate Athletics: An Update to the Interim Report
Jonathan M. Orszag and Peter R. Orszag
INDIRECT IMPACTS OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Robert H. Frank
The Impact of College Sports Success on the Quantity and Quality of Student Applications
Devin G. Pope and Jaren C. Pope
Scoreboards vs. Mortarboards: Major Donor Behavior and Intercollegiate Athletics
Jeffrey L. Stinson and Dennis R. Howard
EMPHASIS ON INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Circumstantial Factors and Institutions’ Outsourcing Decisions on Marketing Operations
Willie J. Burden and Ming Li
Tax Preferences for Collegiate Sports, May 2009
The Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office
Sources of Revenue of Athletic Departments
The Growth of NCAA Women’s Rowing: A Financial, Ethical, and Legal Analysis
Scott R. Rosner
Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy Guidance: The Three-Part Test (January 16, 1996)
United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Letter Clarifying Apportionment of Financial Aid in Intercollegiate Athletics Programs (July 23, 1998)
United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Further Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy Guidance Regarding Title IX Compliance
United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Gender Equity in College Athletics: Women Coaches as a Case Study
Deborah L. Rhode and Christopher J. Walker
CHAPTER 17 Amateurism and Reform
Legislation for the Glory of Sport: Amateurism and Compensation
Kenneth L. Shropshire
Peter Goplerud III
Advice for the Next Jeremy Bloom: An Elite Athlete’s Guide to NCAA Amateurism Regulations
Christopher A. Callanan
James L. Shulman and William G. Bowen
A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Higher Education
Report of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
PART IV Sociological Considerations
Discrimination in Major League Baseball: Hiring Standards for Major League Managers, 1975–1994
Edward Rimer
N. Jeremi Duru
Diversity, Racism, and Professional Sports Franchise Ownership: Change Must Come from Within
Kenneth L. Shropshire
The Sports Business as a Labor Market Laboratory
Lawrence M. Kahn
The European Union and Fan Racism in European Soccer Stadiums: The Time Has Come for Action
Michael Ryan
The Ethical Issues Confronting Managers in the Sport Industry
Mary A. Hums, Carol A. Barr, and Laurie Gullion
The Olympics and the Search for Global Values
John Milton Smith
Doping in Sports: Legal and Ethical Issues: Corruption: Its Impact on Fair Play
Richard H. McLaren