The Economics Of Sports
by Michael A. Leeds /
2018 / English / PDF
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Learning Objectives 11.1 Evidence of Discrimination in Sports 11.2 The Economic Theory of Discrimination 11.3 Different Forms of Discrimination in Professional Sports Employer Discrimination Does Anyone Win with Employer Discrimination? Employee Discrimination Consumer Discrimination Positional Discrimination or Hiring Discrimination 11.4 Gender Equity What Is a Woman? Biographical Sketch: Branch Rickey Summary Discussion Questions Problems Part Five: Sports in the Not-for-Profit Sector 12 The Economics of Intercollegiate Sports Introduction Learning Objectives 12.1 The NCAA A Brief History of the NCAA The Structure of the NCAA 12.2 The Costs and Benefits of Big-Time College Sports The Revenue from Intercollegiate Athletics The Cost of Intercollegiate Athletics Do Colleges Make a Profit from Athletics? 12.3 Monopoly Power in College Athletics The NCAA and Optimal Cartel Behavior Prisoner's Dilemma: How Rational Actions Lead to Irrational Outcomes Academic Standards: A Key to Academic Integrity or Exercise of Monopoly Power? Antitrust and College Sports 12.4 Spillovers from Athletics to the University College Sports as Public Goods Admissions Donations and State Funding 12.5 The College Sports Labor Market The Value of Athletes to Colleges The Value of College to Athletes 12.6 Discrimination and College Sports Racial Discrimination Title IX and Gender Discrimination Biographical Sketch: Sonny Vaccaro Summary Discussion Questions Problems References Index
