SPORTS ECONOMICS

  SPORTS ECONOMICS MIDTERM PAPER   You are a business development specialist for Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., the maker of the popular “Grand Theft Auto" series of video games- In order to rejuvenate recently flagging GTA sales, Take-Two is thinking about launching a video gaming league focused around GTA You have been asked to produce a 4-6 page paper setting forth recommendations on league structure. Among the things that have been discussed in the office that may be worth considering in your paper are: 1. Whether the league should have geographical ly-based teams, or teams organized around different themes (psychographics, etc-); 2. Whether the league should hold competitions at a central location (as the Overwatch League is initially doing, at the Blizzard Arena in LA), or should have “home and home” competitions like regular sports leagues (as the Overwatch League ultimately plans to do), or should organize a circuit of tournaments, as professional tennis and golf do; or should have virtual team-vs-team competitions, where each plays at its own venue and the competition is shown on screens in each venue; 3. What venues should look like - size, amenities, etc; 4. Whether teams should be separately owned, or owned by the league; 5. Whether the league should be a closed exhibition league, or should have multiple divisions with a promotion/relegation structure; and 6. What player relations structure the league should have to secure quality players and prevent them from leaving for competing leagues organized around other video games