The University of San Francisco USF Scholarship: a digital repository @ Gleeson Library | Geschke Center Kinesiology (Formerly Exercise and Sport Science) College of Arts and Sciences 2011 Free Ride, Take It Easy: An Empirical Analysis of Adverse Incentives Caused by Revenue Sharing Daniel A. Rascher University of San Francisco,
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[email protected]. management and marketing Journal of Sport Management, 2011, 25, 373-390 © 2011 Human Kinetics, Inc. Free Ride, Take it Easy: An Empirical Analysis of Adverse Incentives Caused by Revenue Sharing Daniel A. Rascher University of San Francisco Mark S. Nagel and Matthew T. Brown University of South Carolina Chad D. McEvoy Illinois State University A fundamental belief in professional sport leagues is that competitive balance is needed to maximize demand and revenues; therefore, leagues have created policies attempting to attain proper competitive balance. Further, research posits that objectives of professional sport teams’ owners include some combination of winning and profit maximization.