The Association of Tennis Professionals: From Player Association to Governing Body

The interest in sports economics has grown in recent years; however, a large majority of the literature focuses on professional team sports or college athletics. Most of the literature on individual professional sports focuses on tournament incentives for athletes to perform well. Few economics pape...

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Published inThe journal of applied business and economics Vol. 10; no. 5; p. 23
Main Author Gibson, Amy D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thunder Bay North American Business Press 01.03.2010
Subjects
Associations
Boards of directors
Business operations
Case studies
Conspiracy
Councils
Economics
International
Litigation
Monopolies
Professional golf
Professional sports
Professionals
Sanctions
Schedules
Sherman Antitrust Act 1890-US
Sports injuries
Studies
Team sports
Tennis
Tournaments & championships
Women
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Summary:The interest in sports economics has grown in recent years; however, a large majority of the literature focuses on professional team sports or college athletics. Most of the literature on individual professional sports focuses on tournament incentives for athletes to perform well. Few economics papers focus on the structure of these sports and the business operations of them. In 2008, the German Tennis Federation, Rothenbaum Sport GMBH, and the Qatar Tennis Federation filed suit in U.S. District Court accusing the ATP of violation of Section 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act of 1890. In August 2008, a jury ruled unanimously in favor of the ATP "that [it] did not enter into any contract or conspiracy that might have harmed competition and that there is no market that it monopolized or attempted to monopolize." This case study adds to the literature in a practical way by analyzing the evolution of the ATP from a players union to its current industry structure and evaluating the question of whether the ATP is a single entity similar to the status granted to professional team sports organizations. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1499-691X