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Originally Posted by allinontheturn
I'm not sure why game theory would specifically be in a sports economics course. Apart from that I'd like to read about economic impact of sports franchises vis a vie their claims when trying to get public financing for stadiums, even though I'm pretty sure I know the answer.
It's for in game strategy mostly. It's easy to set up a quick 2x2 normal form game and just do {pass,run} {defend run, defend pass} and have students solve for the equilibrium.
Thanks for the suggestions so far guys, I'm teaching it in the spring and the way it's taught is pretty boring and weakly related to sports IMO. I'd definitely like to make it an upper level class where you tackle actual problems like financing of stadiums (usually ends up badly for the city IIRC), how much a win actually costs, whats more valuable for producing wins in terms of player stats, or even union/labor stuff.