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The Economics of Women's Sports (alt title: How can I bring back the Houston Comets?) with Dr. David Berri
Are women's sports boring and unprofitable or does sexism influence investing, coverage, merchandise, TV deals, and more?
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More about David: David Berri is professor of economics at Southern Utah University who has spent the last 25 years researching sports and economics. He is the lead author of "The Wages of Wins" (Stanford Press, 2006) and "Stumbling on Wins" (Financial Times Press, 2010). In addition, he is the sole author of "Sports Economics", a textbook with Macmillan Publishers (2018). He is also a co-author of a book called "The Economics of the Super Bowl" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). Beyond these books he has authored or co-authored more than 70 academic papers. This work covers a wide variety of topics in sports economics including the evaluation of players and coaches, competitive balance, the drafting of players, labor disputes, college sports, and gender issues. This last issue is the primary focus of much of his recent research and writing. In the past, he has written on the subject of sports economics for a number of popular media outlets, including the New York Times, the Atlantic.com, Time.com, Vice Sports, and Forbes.
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Are women's sports boring and unprofitable or does sexism influence investing, coverage, merchandise, TV deals, and more?
Follow along on the internet:
https://www.instagram.com/tcbrpod/
https://twitter.com/TCBRpod
https://thatcantberight.substack.com/p/coming-soon
Follow Rhian on the internet:
https://twitter.com/RhiansHope
https://www.instagram.com/rhianshope
https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@rhianshope
More about David: David Berri is professor of economics at Southern Utah University who has spent the last 25 years researching sports and economics. He is the lead author of "The Wages of Wins" (Stanford Press, 2006) and "Stumbling on Wins" (Financial Times Press, 2010). In addition, he is the sole author of "Sports Economics", a textbook with Macmillan Publishers (2018). He is also a co-author of a book called "The Economics of the Super Bowl" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). Beyond these books he has authored or co-authored more than 70 academic papers. This work covers a wide variety of topics in sports economics including the evaluation of players and coaches, competitive balance, the drafting of players, labor disputes, college sports, and gender issues. This last issue is the primary focus of much of his recent research and writing. In the past, he has written on the subject of sports economics for a number of popular media outlets, including the New York Times, the Atlantic.com, Time.com, Vice Sports, and Forbes.