Crime or Punishment? Enforcement of the NCAA Football Cartel
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Volume
10
Publication Date
1988
First Page
433
Last Page
451
Abstract
This paper presents theoretical and empirical evidence on the methods that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its member schools use to detect violations of its cartel agreement. Because it is difficult to find direct evidence of cheating we suggest that the volatility of a school's winning percentage is used as a proxy by the NCAA rules has a detect violations. Empirical evidence also suggests that the enforcement of the NCAA rules has a redistributive effect that benefits consistent winners at the expense of up-and-coming schools.
Recommended Citation
Crime or Punishment? Enforcement of the NCAA Football Cartel” (with Arthur A. Fleisher III, Brian L. Goff and Robert D. Tollison), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 10 (1988), pp. 433–451; reprinted in Brian L. Goff and Robert D. Tollison (eds.), Sportometrics, College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1990, pp. 153–171.