Was wäre wenn …? Ein mikroökonomisches Gedankenexperiment zu einer Superliga im europäischen Fußball

Abstract

Recently, the news magazine Spiegel published news of the platform “Football Leaks”, which suggest collusions of top European clubs to establish a privately organized super league. With regard to the microeconomic effects for the Bundesliga and the other players in the Game, such as DFB, DFL e. V., and UEFA, there is a need for research in economic literature, not at least because of the relevance of the topic. The following paper carries out a kind of economic thought experiment by assuming that there will be a super league in European club football. On the one hand, the expected impact on the demand side, on the other hand, possible institutional consequences are discussed. Our findings can be used by football officials in their sport policy decisions.