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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - SPB6818
Tracking Number - 2878
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Current Status:
Approved by SCNS - 2012-08-29
Campus: Tampa
Submission Type: New
Course Change Information (for course changes only):
Comments: to GC 5/17/12 for proposed MS in Sports Mgmt; Appd 6/18/12. to USF Sys 6/18/12. to SCNS 6/26/12. Appd eff 8/1/12. Nmbr 6008 appd as 6818
Detail Information
- Date & Time Submitted: 2012-05-10
- Department: Management
- College: BA
- Budget Account Number: 140500
- Contact Person: Sally Riggs Fuller
- Phone: 8139741766
- Email: sfuller@usf.edu
- Prefix: SPB
- Number: 6818
- Full Title: Economics of Sport
- Credit Hours: 3
- Section Type: C -
Class Lecture (Primarily)
- Is the course title variable?: N
- Is a permit required for registration?: Y
- Are the credit hours variable?: N
- Is this course repeatable?:
- If repeatable, how many times?: 0
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum):
- Course Online?: C -
Face-to-face (0% online)
- Percentage Online: 0
- Grading Option:
-
- Prerequisites:
- Corequisites:
- Course Description: This course applies the principles of macro and micro economics to global sport organizations, including topics such as industrial organization, public financing, and labor economics.
- Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: Needed for new program/concentration/certificate
- What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? 20 - 30 students per year
- Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? No
- What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) Doctorate and experience in the educational field of sport management
- Objectives: Learn the techniques of applied microeconomics applied to the sports industry through the examination of real-world issues and problems.
Understand the role of leagues and league structure in professional sports, including the prevailing dominant league model and rival league models.
Compare the current empirical research on the competition for talent with the theoretical predictions of models.
- Learning Outcomes: • Analyze the demand for sports, the possibility of price discrimination and market power across different sports.
• Understand and explain the impact of marketing and advertising on sports and the commercialization of sports.
• Analyze profit variation and competitive balance along with the short-run and long-run profit maximization decisions for owners.
• Analyze the results of labor-management negotiations and the rise of unions in professional sports.
• Evaluate whether professional sports teams, create enough economic activity to justify government subsidies.
• Explain the role of the NCAA in restricting competition and understand why college sports exhibit a relatively high degree of discrimination.
- Major Topics: macro and micro economics, industrial organization, public financing, and labor economics.
- Textbooks:
- Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases: Sports Business Journal (weekly)
- Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy: Mid-term exam (20%); Final exam (20%); Projects (40%); Research Proposal (10%); Attendance & Participation (10%)
- Assignments, Exams and Tests: 1 Introductory Meeting
Goff et al., (2002) “Racial Integration as an Innovation,” AER
Warm Up: The Business of Sports SE: Ch. 1; Goff & Tollison (1990) “Sports as Economics”
2 Demand and Revenue: I SE: Ch. 2, pp. 12-34.
Demand and Revenue: II SE: Ch. 2, pp. 34-44.
3 Market for Sports Broadcast Rights: I ES: Ch. 3, pp. 50-66.
Market for Sports Broadcast Rights: II ES: Ch. 3, pp. 3, pp.66-84.
4 Team Costs, Profits and Winning: I MTBTW: Ch. 4; ES: Ch. 4, pp. 88-105
Team Costs, Profits and Winning: II ES: Ch. 4, pp. 105-end.
5 College Sports: I
Noll (1999) “The Business of College Sports and the High Cost of Winning,” Blackboard; SE: Ch. 12, pp.410-29.
College Sports: II SE: Ch. 12, pp. 429 -62.
6 Competitive (Im)Balance, MTBTW, Ch. 3 Sports Market Outcomes: I SE: Ch. 5, pp. 128-35.
Sports Market Outcomes: II SE: Ch. 5, pp. 135-727
7 Collective Bargaining and Stadium Issues: MTBTW, Ch. 5 and 6.
8 Antitrust Exemption and Baseball Solutions: MTBTW, Ch. 2 and 7.
9 Midterm Exam
10 Value of Talent: I ES: Ch. 6, 177-191.
Value of Talent: II ES: Ch. 6, pp. 191-220.
11 History of Player Pay ES: Ch. 7
Labor Relations: I ES: Ch. 8, pp. 256-77.
Labor Relations: II ES: Ch. 8, pp. 277-95.
12 Economic Impact Analysis: I ES: Ch. 9, pp. 300-321.
Economic Impact Analysis: II ES: Ch. 9, pp. 321-32.
13 Presentations
14 Final exam
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http://usfweb2.usf.edu/usfgc/ogc%20web/currentreg.htm)
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- Policy on Make-up Work: Make-up work will only be given in the case of documented emergencies. The University’s policies on academic dishonesty and disruption of the academic process are clearly set forth in the USF Graduate Catalog. These policies will be strictly enforced. Please be advised that punishment for academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, includes an automatic “F” (or “FF”) in the course, and action that may result in suspension or expulsion.
- Program This Course Supports: MBA concentration in Sport and Entertainment Management
- Course Concurrence Information:
- if you have questions about any of these fields, please contact chinescobb@grad.usf.edu or joe@grad.usf.edu.