A recent development in the U.K. television industry has been the emergence of satellite coverage of sporting events. This paper examines the relationship between broadcasting and football, culminating in the 1992 joint BBC and BSkyB contract to televise the English Premier League. A demand...

This study provides a review of the literature on sporting production functions with an emphasis on different input-output specifications and alternative estimation procedures. Empirical evidence is reported for English association football on the robustness of estimates of coaching efficiency...

This paper analyzes data generated by the annual round of arbitrated settlements of disputed transfer fees for end-of-contract players in the English Football League. The authors' analysis suggests that a large proportion of the variation in settlements can be accounted for by certain case facts...