Financial Management in the Sport Industry

Matthew T. Brown is Interim Dean of the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management at the University of South Carolina, USA, where he teaches and researches in the areas of sport business and finance. Brown has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Southern Ohio Copperheads and Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Southern Ohio Collegiate Baseball Club. He served as Treasurer of the North American Society for Sport Management from 2006 to 2012. In 2003, Brown was named the Jefferson College Alumnus of the Year and in 2018 received the Garth Paton Distinguished Service Award, North American Society for Sport Management. Daniel A. Rascher teaches and publishes research on sports business topics and consults to the sports industry. At SportsEconomics and OSKR, he has worked on over 150 sports business engagements. He is Co-Director of the Sport Management Program at the University of San Francisco, USA. He has been named Research Fellow of the North American Society for Sport Management and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Applied Sport Management Association. Dr. Rascher has testified as an expert witness in federal and state courts, in arbitration proceedings, and provided public testimony numerous times to state and local governments. Mark S. Nagel is Professor in the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management at the University of South Carolina, USA. Prior to joining the department, Nagel was Director of the graduate sport management program at Georgia State University. He currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Francisco, and St. Mary's College of California. Nagel served as Treasurer for the North American Society for Sport Management and the Sport and Recreation Law Association. He is also the Associate Director of the College Sport Research Institute, USA. Chad D. McEvoy is Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at Northern Illinois University, USA. He previously served as President of the Sport Marketing Association and as editor of two academic journals in the sport management discipline. His professional affiliations include the North American Society for Sport Management and the Sport Marketing Association. He served as a panelist before the prestigious Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics in a discussion on the effectiveness of NCAA penalties for rules violations. Dr. McEvoy’s professional industry experience is in intercollegiate athletics marketing.

Part I: Finance Basics, 1. Introduction to Sport Finance, 2. Analyzing Financial Statements and Ratios, 3. Risk, 4. Time Value of Money, Part II: Financial Management, 5. Introduction to Financial Management, 6. Budgeting, 7. Debt and Equity Financing, 8. Capital Budgeting, Part III: Application of Financial Management in Sport, 9. Facility Financing, 10. Valuation, 11. Feasibility Studies, 12. Economic Impact Analysis, 13. Public Sector Sport, Part IV: Financial Attributes of Select Sport Industry Segments, 14. College Athletics, 15. Professional Sport, 16. International Sport Finance