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ISS 328 Exam 1
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Economics
10/03/2010

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Term
Which of the four major professional leagues in the US has the greatest overall attendance annually?
Definition
MLB
Term
Which of the four major professional leagues in the US has the greatest average attendance per event?
Definition
NFL
Term
What is average attendance per game for men’s Div I college basketball?
Definition
5, 200
Term
Revenue
Definition
team or league income from:
Ticket sales
Broadcasting
Concessions
Licensing and advertising
Gifts
Term
Market Value
Definition
-Value reflects what the team could be sold for
-Depends on revenue, expenses, prospects for the future
-Estimated annually by Forbes
Term
Most valuable Detroit pro sports franchise?
Definition
Red Wings
Term
Relationship between Price and Quantity Demanded
Definition
Inverse relationship (all else constant)
Term
Which pro league gets the smallest share of revenue from ticket sales?
Definition
NHL
Term
Which pro league gets the smallest share of revenue from ticket sales?
Definition
NHL
Term
Which pro league gets the biggest share of revenue from ticket sales?
Definition
NFL
Term
Inferior Good
Definition
a good that decreases in demand when consumer income rises
Term
Normal Good
Definition
a good for which consumers' demand increases when their income increases
Term
Profit Maximization
Definition
Profit = Revenue - Costs
Term
Marginal Revenue
Definition
additional revenue from the sale of one additional ticket or an additional set of tickets
Term
Marginal Cost
Definition
additional costs to produce one additional unit of output
Term
If a game is not sold out, then the marginal cost to a team of accommodating one additional fan is what?
Definition
Essentially Zero
Term
Asymmetric Information
Definition
Occurs when one party in a transaction has more or better information than the other party
Term
if the marginal cost in constant then the average cost....
Definition
falls to it
Term
a natural monopoly happens when
Definition
average cost continually falls
Term
The only US industry with an antitrust exemption
Definition
MLB
Term
Curt Flood Act of 1997
Definition
Limits power of baseball's anti trust exemption
Term
in 1957 Radovich
Definition
Court denied exemption
Term
Revenue Sharing: NFL
Definition
40% gate receipts paid to a League pool; shared equally
Luxury boxes & suites excepted
Network broadcast revenues shared equally
No local broadcast revenue
Top 15 revenue teams pay to a separate fund; distributed to lower revenue teams
Term
Revenue Sharing: MLB
Definition
31% net local (all) revenue to a central fund; shared equally
Local revenue is net of stadium expenses
Network broadcast revenues shared equally
Local media revenues not shared
“Competitive Balance Tax”; 22.5-40% over payroll threshold
Lower revenue teams can receive < $3 million additional from Commissioner’s Discretionary Fund ($10 m)
Term
Revenue Sharing NBA
Definition
No sharing of gate (ticket) revenue
Network broadcast revenues shared equally
Local broadcast revenue not shared
Luxury tax funds revenue sharing pool
Tax if salary > percentage of revenue (BRI)
Share of player salary held in escrow
Distributed based on financial and performance standards
Term
Revenue Sharing: NHL
Definition
No sharing of gate (ticket) revenue
Network broadcast revenues shared equally
But small
Local broadcast revenue not shared
Important for some teams
League subsidies to teams with < median revenue or with < 2.5 million TV households in the local market area
Term
Parameters
Definition
reserve clause (MLB), player draft, compensation for free agents, revenue sharing, luxury tax
Term
When teams sign high profile free agents, they often raise ticket prices because:
Definition
demand to see games increase
Term
The Dallas Cowboys are such a valuable franchise because they
Definition
have so many luxury boxes
Term
Which pro league has had the fastest growing average price since 2000?
Definition
NFL
Term
MLB is exempt from US antitrust laws because
Definition
the players are unionized
Term
Which pro sports league in the US has the smallest relative variation in revenue among teams?
Definition
NFL
Term
Which pro sports league shares the greatest proportion of its revenue among all teams
Definition
MLB