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- Name
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- Paper title
- Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues: An Economic Perspective
- Authors
- Stefan Kesenne (plus a broader literature he surveys)
- Year
- 2000s
- Main topic
- League parity, salary caps, and revenue sharing
- Sport / context
- Multiple leagues – NBA, NFL, European soccer
- Key idea in one line
- Leagues tweak rules and money flows to keep games uncertain enough that fans still care.
- Level to read
- Advanced – feels like upper-level econ but the examples help.
- My take
- Makes you see the cap sheet like a game board. After this, every CBA fight feels less ‘owners vs players’ and more ‘how do we not turn into a two-team league.’
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