The distribution of income in European football: big clubs, small countries, major problems

Moorhouse, H. (2002) The distribution of income in European football: big clubs, small countries, major problems. In: Barros, C.P., Ibrahimo, M. and Szymanski, S. (eds.) Transatlantic Sport: The Comparative Economics of North American and European Sports. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK, pp. 69-92. ISBN 9781840649475

Abstract

This chapter shows that the problems identified in the Report of the Panel on Baseball Economics (in the USA), published in July 2000, are very close to those that are the really crucial ones inherent in contemporary European football, namely: the effects of great disparities of income between supposedly comparable clubs; how competitive balance is to be maintained; the desirability of maintaining and increasing spectator interest in football in all geographic regions (and markets); and not allowing unregulated market forces to decide the competitive patterning of the sport. Suggestions are presented on how those concerned with the future of football in Europe can create a well-founded discussion about the benefits and limits of income redistribution between clubs, and examine the net of relations between revenue sharing and feasible labour market restrictions.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Keywords: Baseball, economics of sport, English football, income, income distribution, international comparisons, leagues, soccer, sport, sport clubs, sports industry, team sports, United States of America
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Moorhouse, Mr H
• Authors: Moorhouse, H.
• Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• ISBN: 9781840649475

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