Does Relative Age Affect Career Length in North American Professional Sports?

Does Relative Age Affect Career Length in North American Professional Sports?

BACKGROUND Relative age effects (RAEs) typically favour older members within a cohort; however, research suggests that younger players may experience some long-term advantages, such as longer career length. The purposes of this study were to replicate previous findings on RAEs among National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey players, National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball players and Nat...

Doping offences in male professional tennis: how does sanction affect players’ career?

BACKGROUND The use of performance enhancing drugs is still a major problem in competitive sports. Even though tennis is not affected by systematic doping, there is lack of scientific evidence on the effect of sanctions on players` career. The aim of this study was to analyze male tennis players' career after a doping sanction. METHODS All doping offences committed by male professional tennis ...

Franchise Values in North American Professional Sports Leagues: Evidence from a Repeat Sales Method

The paper develops a quality adjusted professional sports franchise price index for North America based on a repeat sale method. This index reflects trends in the general price of sports franchises holding local market, facility, and team characteristics constant. The price index exhibits considerable volatility but no upward trend over time, unlike previous quality adjusted price indexes based...

SOME COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF SPORTS: COMPETITION AND REGULATION IN NORTH AMERICAN vs. EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL TEAM SPORTS LEAGUES

What is the future of comparative economics? This question has been with us since the collapse of the former communist regimes associated with “socialist centrally planned economies”. Various responses have been suggested in the literature during the postcommunist period of economic transformation and I will briefly sketch a few of them below (see section 1). But no one could imagine that a pos...

Continuing drug shortages affect North American patients.