Can wages in the English Premier League Continue to grow?

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ACNOWLEDGEMENT

My thanks go out to all who have helped me complete this study and with whom this project may have not been possible. In particular, my gratitude goes out to friends, facilitator and family for extensive and helpful comments on early drafts. I am also deeply indebted to the authors who have shared my interest and preceded me. Their works provided me with a host of information to learn from and build upon, also served as examples to emulate.

DECLARATION

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ABSTRACT

This research study is an attempt to understand whether the wages of the players in the English Premier League can increase over the period of time. This research study ahs adopted a secondary as well as qualitative research in order to answer the research questions and to meet the aims and objectives of the research study. The wages of the players in the English Premier League as per the responses of the interviewees will grow on a continuous basis because as the time passes several other contexts that are capable to let the wages of the English Premier League to grow.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION1

1.1. Background of the Study1

1.2. Aims and Objectives2

1.3. Research Questions3

1.4. Significance of the Study3

1.6. Layout of the Dissertation4

CHAPTER 02: LITERATURE REVIEW.5

2.1. Introduction5

2.2. English Premier League5

2.3. Determination of Salaries6

2.4. Salaries of English Premier League8

CHAPTER 03: METHODOLOGY13

3.1. Introduction13

3.2. Overview of the Secondary Research13

3.3. Overview of the Qualitative Research14

3.4. Advantages and Disadvantages of Secondary Research14

3.5. Literature Search15

3.6. Interview Participants16

3.7. Informed Consent16

3.8. Confidentiality16

3.9. Conclusion16

CHAPTER 04: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS18

4.1. Secondary Analysis18

4.2. Interview Analysis20

CHAPTER 05: CONCLUSION22

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION

1.1. Background of the Study

Professional team sports leagues are classic examples of business cartels. These leagues are plagued by a host of incentive and enforcement problems that are identified in the conventional cartel literature. However, sports leagues differ from other cartels in one important and paradoxical respect.

Sports leagues are in the business of selling competition on the playing field. The special problem for sports leagues is the need to establish a degree of competitive balance on the field that is acceptable to audience. In all existing leagues, the member team franchises are located in MSAs of widely varying revenue potential. In the absence of certain policies, teams in weak drawing cities lack the profit incentives to field teams that can compete at the level that would maximize league revenues. Moreover, these policies usually done in the way of subsidies should be done in ways to pass the test of preserving public confidence in the legitimacy of the competition on the playing field (Spinanger, 1986, p. 140).

These are all examples of design issues in sports. Of course the sports business has many ...