This book examines competitive balance and outcome uncertainty from multiple perspectives. Chapters address the topic in different sports in a range of countries, to help to understand its significance. It provides readers with important new insights into previously unexplored dimensions as well as a rich context for better understanding why fans, teams, and leagues value competitive balance. The book challenges readers to think about the topic in a broad and rigorous way, and in some cases to question widely held beliefs about how outcome uncertainty motivates competitive balance, and how sports fans actually view competitive balance.
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Professional tennis in the 21st century: Hawk eye on competitive balance
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When Teammates are a Drag: The Effect of “Spingate” on the Benefit of NASCAR Drivers Having Teammates
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Deferred Compensation when Monitoring is (Nearly) Costless: Evidence from Professional Football
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The Price of Football Depends on the Owner of the Ball and the Unbalance of the League
Luis Carlos Sánchez Martínez, Ángel Barajas Alonso, Patricio Sánchez Fernández
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Empirical Analysis of Match Outcome Uncertainty on Soccer Attendance: Evidence from South Africa
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