SPORTS ECONOMICS
ECO3EOS
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
The aim of this subject is to identify the constraints and opportunities that will affect the ability of sports to survive in an increasingly competitive, global marketplace. Particular emphasis will be placed on examinations of both North American and European professional sports, as well as indigenous games, such as Australian Rules football. Topics covered will include: labour markets in various sports, including the effectiveness of regulations such as player drafts and salary caps, the ways in which sports have coped with recent substantial increases in revenue and costs; the identification of the market for particular sports and the extent of competition within those markets; and the extent to which the commercialisation of sport is inconsistent with the traditions and cultures of individual sports.
School: La Trobe Business School (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Liam Lenten
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: Lecture case studies and other exercises, tutorial questions and discussions, use of short videos and other media material
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: ECO1DSM OR ECO1IMI OR BUS1BUE
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
The economics of sports
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Leeds, M. and von Allmen, P.
Year: 2011
Edition/Volume: 4th ed
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION , BOSTON
ISBN: 978-0138009298
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Sports Economics
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Fort, R.D.
Year: 2010
Edition/Volume: 3rd. ed
Publisher: PEARSON-PRENTICE HALL, UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J.
ISBN: 9780136066026
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A