Outcome uncertainty in sporting eventswinning, losing and competitive balance
- Plácido Rodríguez Guerrero ed. lit.
- Stefan Kesenne ed. lit.
- Brad R. Humphreys ed. lit.
Éditorial: Edward Elgar
ISBN: 9781839102165
Année de publication: 2020
Type: Livre
Résumé
This book examines competitive balance and outcome uncertainty from multiple perspectives. Chapters address the topic in different sports in a range of countries, to help to understand its significance. It provides readers with important new insights into previously unexplored dimensions as well as a rich context for better understanding why fans, teams, and leagues value competitive balance. The book challenges readers to think about the topic in a broad and rigorous way, and in some cases to question widely held beliefs about how outcome uncertainty motivates competitive balance, and how sports fans actually view competitive balance.