ORCID
Jeremy Losak: 0000-0002-4591-2762
Document Type
Article
Date
2023
Keywords
endogenous treatment regression, stadium attendance demand, television coverage, college football
Language
English
Disciplines
Sports Sciences
Description/Abstract
Television coverage's impact on college football attendance is a topic of debate. Between 2005 and 2019, annual growth in athletic department revenues for Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools from media rights, postseason football, and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) conference distributions far exceed revenue growth in ticket sales revenue. This study re-evaluates the substitution or complementarity of television coverage and stadium attendance in college football with updated data while controlling for selection bias through endogenous treatment regression. Although initial results reveal a positive correlation between television coverage and attendance, national coverage and attendance appear to be substitutes after controlling for selection bias. That said, from an attendance maximizing perspective, national coverage is preferable to lower-tiered coverage if a game is to be televised.
Recommended Citation
Losak, Jeremy M.; Marteka, Samuel; and Mangos, Mackenzie, "College Football Television and Attendance: The Problem with Selection Bias" (2023). Sport Management - All Scholarship. 62.
https://surface.syr.edu/sportmanagement/62
Source
submission
Creative Commons License
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