1st Edition

The Economics and Finance of Professional Team Sports

By Daniel Plumley, Rob Wilson Copyright 2023
186 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book takes an in-depth look at the economics and finance of professional team sports, with a strong focus on applied analysis and performance measurement, to enable students, researchers, and practitioners to develop their professional knowledge of contemporary sport business. It examines the key themes that define professional team sports today, including the unique features of the team... Read more

Part I: Sport Economics, Theories and Concepts 

1          The Market Structure for Professional Team Sport

2          League Structure, Uncertainty of Outcome and Competitive Balance

3          Models of Professional Team Sport

4          Profit and Utility Maximisation in Professional Team Sports 

Part II: Functions of Economics and Finance in Professional Team Sports 

5          Revenue Generation and Cost Structure in Professional Team Sports

6          Cost Structures in Professional Team Sports

7          Holistic Performance Measurement in Professional Team Sport

8          Financial Statements and Annual Reports in Professional Team Sports

9          Interpreting Annual Reports in Professional Team Sports

10        Ownership Structure, Governance, and Regulation in Professional Team Sport

11        Managers and Agents in Professional Team Sports 

Part III: Emerging Trends and Disruptive Forces

12        Breakaway Leagues in Professional Team Sports

13        Over the Top (OTT) Broadcasting Platforms and Commercial Shifts in Professional Team Sports

14        Financing and the Rise in Private Equity in Professional Team Sports

15        Governance, Ownership, and Regulation Reform in Professional Team Sports

16        Esports in Professional Team Sport

17        Cryptocurrency, Socios, NFTs and the Metaverse in Professional Team Sports

Biography

Daniel Plumley is Principal Lecturer in Sport Finance in the Department of Finance, Accounting and Business Systems in the Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. His research interests include performance measurement in professional team sports, the economics and finance of professional team sports and competitive balance in professional team sports. 

Rob Wilson is Head of Department in Sheffield Business School’s Department of Finance, Accounting and Business Systems, and member of the Social and Economic Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University, UK specialising in the finance and economics of the sport business industry.