sports unions actually contribute to on-field competition which can be seen when compared to the structure of the European …This article discusses the benefits of sports unions in the wake of recent NFL and NBA lockouts. The existence of … sports system, which lack sports unions. The European sports system operates under a free market which has been found to be …

IX unfairly discriminate against men's sports? Are the salaries of head coaches excessive? Why is there so much cheating … in college sports? Should the sports department be subsidized by the university? Why do universities place so much … emphasis on athletics? The above are just some of the questions raised in this sports economics textbook specially designed to …

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 …

Beginning with the seminal work in the field now known as sports economics (Rottenberg, 1956), concern over competitive … balance has been a recurring theme. While the vast majority of the focus has been on popular professional team sports, a few … studies have analyzed competitive balance in the individual sports of professional tennis (del Corral, 2009) and NASCAR (von …

When should a sports organiser be allowed to prohibit athletes or clubs from participating in a competitor’s event …? Recent EU competition cases including European Super League and International Skating Union have made this a particularly … topical question. After outlining the ‘specificity of sport’ as an economic activity, I explore three economic frameworks that …

One of the relatively few sports-specific statutes enacted by Congress or a state legislature is the Sports … Broadcasting Act of 1961 ("SBA"), which exempts a professional sports league’s collective sale of its member teams’ television … limited antitrust exemption for the collective sale of television rights by a professional sports league, it does not immunize …