ECON-106

This course considers the economic aspects of sports and how sports impact the economy, as well as how economic issues are often the driving forces as to how sports are organized and run. The course deals with major economic issues affecting sports such as stadium financing, cost and benefits of franchises to cities, sports franchises as profit-maximizing firms, monopoly and antitrust, game theory and competitive balance, labor markets for sports including the application of human capital theory and discrimination, labor unions, role of NCAA in sports, Olympic and amateur sports, and public vs. private school sports. It will look at these issues through the lens of the major sports of baseball, basketball, football and hockey. This course cannot be used towards an Economics major or minor.