Across Sport, explained.
Ideas that cross the touchline: broadcast money, betting markets, sports science, governance and the economics of a season ticket.
8 articlesExplainerEconomicsAnalysis
- ExplainerWADA anti-doping explained, and why the law decides it18 minHow the World Anti-Doping Code actually works: strict liability, the Prohibited List test, whereabouts rules, testing, sanctions and appeals to CAS.
- EconomicsSports sponsorship deals explained, and what they buy19 minWhat a sponsor actually buys, how category exclusivity is drawn, why media value misprices an association, what activation costs, and where the rules bite.
- AnalysisThe sports analytics department explained, data to decision21 minWhat a sports analytics department does: the five workstreams, the cleaning nobody sees, why the reporting line decides everything, and how to judge one.
- EconomicsSalary cap comparison: how sports leagues limit spending19 minA comparison of salary cap systems across sports leagues: the hard cap, the soft cap with exceptions, the tax with no ceiling and the ratio test with no cap.
- AnalysisPromotion and relegation vs the franchise model, and the price22 minPromotion and relegation vs the franchise model: what an open pyramid buys, what a closed league buys, and how to read the balance evidence honestly.
- EconomicsHow sports TV rights work, and who actually gets paid19 minWhat a sports rights package actually contains, how the tender and the sealed bid work, how the money reaches clubs, and why streamers changed the bidding.
- EconomicsHow are stadiums financed, and who really pays for them20 minWhy a stadium never pays for itself on tickets, how the capital stack is built from equity, debt, naming rights and public money, and who keeps the revenue.
- EconomicsGuaranteed contracts in sport, and why the NFL is different19 minWhat guaranteed means in the NFL, NBA, MLB and football, why headline contract numbers mislead, and how non-guaranteed deals shift risk onto players.