Business of Sports
Sports does not only create excitement and despair but it involves a lot of money as well. Athletes' pay checks, ticket prices, team values or the economic impact of events like the Olympic Games present a lot of research areas. Furthermore, sports is a field of large inequalities where athletes in the biggest soccer leagues or the NBA earn millions of dollars each year, whereas other professional athletes need a part-time job to make ends meet. These are all topics that will be addressed in this section.
The valuation of the "Big Four" professional sports leagues
NFL franchises are on average the most valuable teams in North American sports
In the 20th century, global population was growing at an unprecedented speed of more than 2 percent annually and triggered warnings that the world is facing over-population. Today, however, the discourse surrounding population growth has significantly changed and public debate is dominated by how to deal with a continuous slowdown of population growth. This debate has also affected the debate about the impact of population growth on economic growth. How much is an economy dependent on a strong working age population that can simply add to the economic output through growing?
