Transfer fees in European football have experienced a rapid increase in the past years. Simultaneously, an increasing number of domestic and recently foreign investors - who are assumed to further increase team spending in European football - have entered the football market by becoming club...

Auf der Basis einer internetbasierten Umfrage wurde die Prävalenz von Wettbewerbsverzerrungen im deutschen Fußball untersucht. Aufgrund der sensitiven Fragestellungen wurde die Randomized Response Technik eingesetzt, um Verzerrungen im Antwortverhalten zu reduzieren. Die Ergebnisse der Umfrage...

Most professional soccer players' careers end before their forties. Consequently, many of them face a relatively early retirement from their profession, thus facing multifaceted changes and potential issues of adjustments in different areas of their lives. Public discussion and therein expressed...