SMGT 3550 - Finance and Economics of Sport

Hours: 4
The financial concepts and theories and their application in the professional, collegiate, recreational and commercial sport industries. Topics include revenue and expenses of professional, collegiate, and private sport industries; issues affecting these revenues and expenses; merchandising and fundraising at the intercollegiate level; ownership in sport, and public and private funding for non-profit sports programs. The course also discusses how economic theory applies to sport and recreation and includes topics such as cost and market structures of professional sport, the economics of stadiums and arenas, and the economic impact of sport teams on a local economy.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2000, ECON 2100.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.

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SMGT 3550 - Finance and Economics of Sport