ECON 55H: FYS Economics of Sports: Find Statistics

Here's some sources for sports data. Email Nancy to talk about the best source for your research topic!

Rodney Fort's Sports Economics: Sports Business Data
"The most complete data on the economics and business of U.S. pro sports leagues in existence." Data is stored in a Google Drive folder. Make sure to click the "Read Me First" to learn what's in there and how it's organized.
Vrooman Sports Economics
John Vrooman is a sports econ professor at Vanderbilt. On his webpage, find many links to sports data sources, articles, and research.
If you want to see an article or publication that is behind a paywall, search for it at the University Libraries, or Ask a Librarian.
SBRNet (Sports Market Analytics)
Find a lot of marketing data. E.g. for football: expenditures on equipment, participation, team valuation, attendance for NFL and NCAA, brand share, and more.
American Statistical Association: Statistics in Sports Section Data Resources
A listing of data resources and online sports statistics forums for a number of sports, available online.
InfoPlease Sports Section
Find statistics for professional and Olympic sports, and college basketball and football.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Has comprehensive summary statistics of the United States. Search by keyword. For example, a search for "sports and athletics" returns results of some basic statistics/data.

College and professional football statistics: summary, selected years, selected spectator sports, selected years, adult attendance at sports events, by frequency, participation in National Collegiate Athletic Association sports and high schooll athletics programs.
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Coverage: 2013 - Present
Statista
Compilation of data, infographics, etc., for over 25 countries. You can download data into Excel. Search by keyword.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

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