Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Paper Proposal: College Football Revenue Determinants

For my senior seminar paper, I plan on estimating the determinants of college football revenues for universities. Appalachian State recently conducted a feasibility study about moving from an FCS (Football Championship Series) conference to a BCS (Bowl Championship Series) conference. In order to justify ASU's move into a BCS conference, the university needs evidence that the program will bring more revenue to ASU.

I plan to use available data to measure how variables such as conference affiliation, ticket sales, etc. affect fan attendance and revenues of a college football team. I want to determine which variables are the most important in determining revenue and attendance, and if these variables are different between FCS and VCS schools.

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