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Sep 19, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Hill Book
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ECO 244 - The Economics of Sports3 Credits
Offered Spring
The course analyzes the industry of sports, particularly professional and big-time college sports, using and developing tools of economic analysis, mainly microeconomics. Topics include the salary structure of professional team sports and the effects of free agency; the factors affecting sports attendance; the value of sports programming to broadcasters and the effect of television revenue; issues in college sports like conference realignment, television contracts, and eligibility rules; the economic effects of professional sports franchises and stadia; and factors affecting competitive balance.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): ECO 176 - Microeconomic Principles and ECO 178 - Macroeconomic Principles and any Statistical Reasoning course
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