Estimates of the Dimensions of the Sports Market in the US (Report‪)‬

Introduction Sport is a complex activity encompassing spectacles like the Olympic Games and informal pick-up games on urban basketball courts; a recreational jogger, a runner in the Boston Marathon--a competition with thousands of participants--and people watching the Boston Marathon on television all participate in sport in some way. Academic research on sports can be found in many disciplines, spanning the humanities, social sciences, laboratory sciences, law, and business. In this paper, we document the size of the sports industry in the United States from an economic perspective.