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No Penalty On The Play: Why The Bowl Championship Series Stays In-Bounds Of The Sherman Act, M. Todd Carroll Jun 2004

No Penalty On The Play: Why The Bowl Championship Series Stays In-Bounds Of The Sherman Act, M. Todd Carroll

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Designing Sports Leagues As Efficient Monopolists Rather Than Inefficient Cartels, Stephen F. Ross, Stefan Szymanski Mar 2004

Designing Sports Leagues As Efficient Monopolists Rather Than Inefficient Cartels, Stephen F. Ross, Stefan Szymanski

ExpressO

An inherent conflict exists when clubs participating in a sports league control the way in which the competition is organized. This conflict leads to fewer franchises that may not be in the best locations, fewer broadcast rights sold with too many “black-outs,” inefficient marketing of merchandise and sponsorships, ineffective supervision of club management, labor market restrictions that do not enhance consumer appeal in the sport, and insufficient international competition. We suggest that sports leagues would be more profitable and fans’ welfare improved if sports leagues looked more like McDonald’s and less like the United Nations, by restructuring the leagues to …


Illegal Defense: The Irrational Economics Of Banning High School Players From The Nba Draft, Michael Mccann Jan 2004

Illegal Defense: The Irrational Economics Of Banning High School Players From The Nba Draft, Michael Mccann

Law Faculty Scholarship

Each year, the National Basketball Association (NBA) conducts its annual entry draft (NBA Draft), which is the exclusive process by which premiere amateur players gain entrance into the NBA. To the dismay of many commentators, a number of drafted players will have just completed their senior year of high school. Routinely, these players are dismissed as immature, unprepared, and ill-advised, even though most will sign guaranteed, multi-million dollar contracts before their college educations would have begun. In stark contrast to popular myth, this Article finds that players drafted straight out of high school are not only likely to do well …


Antitrust In Amateur Athletics: Fourth And Long: Why Non-Bcs Universies Should Punt Rather Than Go For An Antitrust Challenge To The Bowl Championship Series, Jodi M. Warmbrod Jan 2004

Antitrust In Amateur Athletics: Fourth And Long: Why Non-Bcs Universies Should Punt Rather Than Go For An Antitrust Challenge To The Bowl Championship Series, Jodi M. Warmbrod

Oklahoma Law Review

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Maurice Clarett V. National Football League, Inc.: An Analysis Of Clarett's Challenge To The Legality Of The Nfl's Draft Eligibility Rule Under Antitrust Law, Shauna Itri Jan 2004

Maurice Clarett V. National Football League, Inc.: An Analysis Of Clarett's Challenge To The Legality Of The Nfl's Draft Eligibility Rule Under Antitrust Law, Shauna Itri

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

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