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A Trans-Atlantic Conversation: What Americans can Learn from European Sport, and Some Outsider Observations About Europe

A Trans-Atlantic Conversation: What Americans can Learn from European Sport, and Some Outsider Observations About European ‘Football’. Stephen F. Ross, The Pennsylvania State University 31 March 2009. In Fans of the World, Unite!, Stefan Szymanski and I argue that:.

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A Trans-Atlantic Conversation: What Americans can Learn from European Sport, and Some Outsider Observations About Europe

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  1. A Trans-Atlantic Conversation: What Americans can Learn from European Sport, and Some Outsider Observations About European ‘Football’ Stephen F. Ross, The Pennsylvania State University 31 March 2009

  2. In Fans of the World, Unite!, Stefan Szymanski and I argue that: • American sports fans are victims of monopolistic practices by sports leagues, which would be significantly ameliorated by the introduction of the European system of promotion & relegation. • in addition, we identify significant inefficiencies, that work contrary to the interests of fans and the sport as a whole, when leagues are controlled by the participating clubs; club owners have an irreconcilable conflict of interest between the goals of their own club and the broader interest.

  3. European football is characterized by the latter problem as well: • leagues controlled by club-interest • national federations conflicted by multiple stakeholders’ interests • international governing bodies conflicted by individual federations’ interests • an unfortunate lack of transparency regarding policy development.

  4. The unique structure of the Indian Premier (Cricket) League provides a third model that addresses many of the structural issues in both American and European sports.

  5. Case study of these problems: labour market restrictions in search of a coherent problem to solve

  6. Open discussion: what concerns YOU?

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