323 research outputs found

    Market potential as an indicator for the size of a new relocated football arena: The case KAA Gent a Belgian professional football team

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    The place of Gent in the urban system is that of a regional city with high centrality. This means that consumer-oriented services with a high threshold, such as a professional football team, reach their threshold in the city. In the case of professional football a functional substitution has taken place and the top team is located in Brugge The service area of Bruges reaches almost up to Gent and the E40 highway reduces the time-distance. The new location of the stadium is near the main highway.. The question is of the market potential of the clubs is large enough to attract more attendances.local identity, relocation, functional substitution, service area, market potential, consumer oriented service, spatial competition

    Football in Belgium from centre to semi-periphery: Analyzing the financial ground

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    The facts show that in the given economic environment a restructuring of the Belgian professional football league is necessary for several reasons. First, to provide some form of “limited” competition with other European countries. Second, the introduction of the licence system by the Belgian Football Association in 2000-01 and by the UEFA in 2004-05, because clubs would no longer be allowed to have debts to the social security system, inland revenue, players,etc, Third, to stop the gradually increasing number of bankruptcies since the introduction of the licence system. Historical reasons and conservatism make a transition very difficult.sports economics

    The importance of market size in the consumer service professional football: the Belgian case

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    The problem with Belgian football competition is that in the long run, and as reality shows us in the short term, the contemporary situation will lead to market failures and the elimination of some of the clubs. The solution proposed in this paper is the creation of a new professional competition with fewer teams combined with territorial exclusivity in a centre with a potential number of consumers that reach a certain absolute or relative threshold.sports economics, soccer

    Competitive balance between national leagues in European football after the Bosman Case

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    Introduction – 1. The Bosman Case: No Harmful Side Effects? – 2. Structural Differences and Developments – 3. Empirical Evidence – 4. Future Options – ConclusionsBosman Case, competitive balance, professional team sports, European football

    The consequences of an open labour market in a closed product market in the economic environment of European professional football

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    Ever since the Bosman case opened the labour market for players in European professional football, competitive balance has reduced in favour of the Big 5 leagues (England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France). In this article we show that changing structures towards an open labour market in a closed product market resulted in a migration of player talents towards the major leagues and teams and in a competitive disadvantage for the smaller market leagues and their teams. Next to a theoretical argumentation, we provide empirical evidence and assess future options for the structure of European professional football.Bosman case, competitive balance, international labour mobility, professional team sports, stepping stone league

    A Texas Folk Tale

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    Restaurant Intersection

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    Editorial. Sports Geography : an overview

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    Geographical studies of sports are not new. The first time that sport was mentioned in a geographical publication was in 1879 when Elisée Réclus said something about cricket in his Géographie Universelle. In 1919 Hilderbrand published in the National Geographic Magazine The Geography of Games. A few years later in 1927, the German geographer Hettner (quoted in Elkins, 1989) suggested that among other things, the variations in health, hygiene, recreation and education could be “apprehended as ..

    Introduction to Regulating Creation: The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Assisted Human Reproduction

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    In 2004, Canada\u27s Parliament passed the Assisted Human Reproduction Act. Fully in force by 2007, the act was intended to safeguard and promote the health, safety, dignity, and rights of Canadians. However, a 2010 Supreme Court of Canada decision ruled that key parts of the act were invalid. Regulating Creation is a collection of essays built around various components of the 2010 ruling. Featuring contributions by Canadian and international scholars, it offers a variety of perspectives on the role of law in dealing with the legal, ethical, and policy issues surrounding changing reproductive technologies. The book is divided in three parts. Part 1 contains a detailed discussion of the case and of constitutional and federalism issues. Part 2 discusses family law and children right\u27s perspectives of assisted human reproduction. The chapters in Part 3 elaborate on concerns around commodification, commercialization, and access to reproductive services and goods. In addition to the in-depth analysis of the Canadian case the volume reflects on how other countries, particularly the U.S., U.K. and New Zealand regulate these same issues. Combining a detailed discussion of legal approaches with an in-depth exploration of societal implications, Regulating Creation deftly navigates the obstacles of legal policy amidst the rapid current of reproductive technological innovation. The introductory chapter briefly discusses the various chapters and situates the chapters in the context of current discussions around Assisted Human Reproduction
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