The Beckham Rule: Major League Soccer Wage Inequality and Team Performance
| dc.contributor.author | Groff, Hunter | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-14T17:47:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-14T17:47:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-06 | |
| dc.description | 47 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Business and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Science, Spring 2016. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | In the quest for international soccer relevancy, MLS faces strong competition. Established European soccer leagues and strong domestic competition from the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL create steep barriers for league growth. To boost its international profile, MLS created the Designated Player (DP) Rule in 2007. This rule resulted in increased average salary and wage dispersion among the existing teams. This study examines the effects of these large wage changes on team performance. In the constructed model, the results of this increased wage dispersion remain inconclusive. Nonetheless, although the results from the average salary and team performance examination stand just outside the significance test cutoff, this model presents similar findings to previous literature in finding a substantial positive relationship between the two. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/20292 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | University of Oregon theses, Dept. of Business, Honors College, B.S., 2016; | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Major League Soccer | en_US |
| dc.subject | Soccer | en_US |
| dc.subject | David Beckham | en_US |
| dc.subject | Designated Player Rule | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wage inequality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Team performance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Beckham Rule | en_US |
| dc.title | The Beckham Rule: Major League Soccer Wage Inequality and Team Performance | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | en_US |