Measuring competitive intensity in sports leagues
| Autor: | Fabio Wagner, Holger Preuss, Thomas Könecke |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Labour economics
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL Strategy and Management Competitive intensity Social Sciences UNCERTAINTY Football League ATTENDANCE Competition (economics) STAR QUALITY TELEVISION AUDIENCE DEMAND 0502 economics and business Social Sciences - Other Topics 050207 economics Business and International Management Championship Marketing European football Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism ECONOMICS 05 social sciences Sporting prize structure German Bundesliga Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management BALANCE Business 050212 sport leisure & tourism Sub-competitions |
| Popis: | PurposeFor managers of sports leagues, it is crucial to produce an attractive competition. For that to happen, it is vital to consider that leagues frequently have more sub-competitions than “just” the championship. In European top football leagues, for instance, four sub-competitions are common (championship, qualification for Champions- or Europa League, avoiding relegation). This paper introduces a new method for measuring competitive intensity (CI) in round-robin sports leagues considering all relevant sub-competitions and applies it to Germany's Bundesliga.Design/methodology/approachThe newly developed model calculates a CI-Index for each sub-competition and the league as a whole. The application to the Bundesliga analyzes its viability and the development of the league's CI over the past 22 seasons.FindingsThe newly introduced CI-Indices prove to be a viable tool for evaluating a league's competitive intensity. The application to the Bundesliga shows that the seasonal CI dropped after 2009/10, which can mainly be attributed to a decline in the championship's CI.Practical implicationsThe results show that it is important to facilitate a high CI in each of Bundesliga's four sub-competitions. Efforts have to be made to ensure that especially the Europa League remains as attractive as possible for the participating teams and their fans because this sub-competition constantly makes the greatest contribution to the seasonal CI.Originality/valueThe new method measures competitive intensity by quantifying the different sub-competitions and their contribution to the seasonal CI. This allows the organizers of sports leagues to assess the intensity of the individual sub-competitions as well as the league as a whole. |
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