Press Pass: Payoffs to Media Exposure Among National Football League (NFL) Wide Receivers

Julianne Treme and Samuel K. Allen
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Samuel K. Allen: Department of Economics & Business , Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, USA, allensk@vmi.edu

Journal of Sports Economics, 2011, vol. 12, issue 3, 370-390

Abstract: The authors examine Wide Receivers drafted into the National Football League (NFL) to test competing superstar theories related to both talent and popularity. The authors use player performance variables and media exposure in the popular press prior to the draft to explore whether talent and popularity can explain differences in salaries and NFL draft order. The authors find evidence of superstar effects stemming from player popularity but not performance even after controlling for measured physical attributes. The authors also find that tangible measures of player quality are valuable signals. Consistent with expectations, faster and more accomplished college receivers are drafted earlier and earn more.

Keywords: football; superstars; media; draft; quantile regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/1527002511404776

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