Sport, Business and Management: Volume 8 Issue 1

Brand teams and distribution of wealth in Brazilian State Championships

Thadeu Gasparetto, Angel Barajas, Carlos María Fernandez-Jardon

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the demand for tickets in the Brazilian State Championships focussing in the impact generated by the brand teams as well as the play-off…

An empirical exploration of sponsorship sales in North American professional sport: Is it time to rethink our approach?

Norm O’Reilly, Tim Stroebel, Michael Pfahl, Jim Kahler

Sponsorship sales in professional sport is an area of increasing attention and growing investment, but the sport management literature offers only limited research about sales…

Averting a tragedy of the commons: revenue sharing and competitive balance in the NHL

Kenneth M. York, Cynthia E. Miree

The purpose of this paper is to measure the effect of the National Hockey League (NHL) collective bargaining agreement (CBA) of 2005 between the NHL owners and the NHL Players…

Regulation by taxes or strict limits: Managing profits in American professional team sport leagues

Joel Maxcy, Pauline Milwood

The purpose of this paper is to focus an empirical investigation on the financial ramifications of regulatory policies on American professional team sport leagues, while at once…

Does live broadcasting reduce stadium attendance? The case of Norwegian football

Morten Kringstad, Harry Arne Solberg, Tor Georg Jakobsen

Attendance at matches in the smaller European football leagues is challenged by the increased number of live broadcast matches, particularly covering the biggest leagues. The…

Toward a new (evolutionary) economics of sports

Jason Potts, Stuart Thomas

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new classification of rules-driven sports and technology-driven sports that suggests different models of how sports develop. This paper…