Practices and conducts in professional and even amateur sports can be subject to competition laws as soon as commercial … influences attractiveness and marketability of the sports in question. After discussing fundamental issues, this contributions … reviews selected landmark cases in sports competition policy from an economic perspective. This includes the U.S. baseball …

In a complete information auction, two integrated broadcasters bid for exclusive TV-rights to a sports league (e.g. the … expenditures, possibly enhancing league quality and the resulting sports channel (e.g. Sky Sports); also the right’s winner either … never happens. Ofcom’s suggested wholesale regulation of Sky Sports typically reduces league rights income, quality and …