IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/jsf/intjsf/v3y2008i4p196-209.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Incentives for Post-Apprehension Self-Punishment: University Self-Sanctions for NCAA Infractions

Author

Listed:
  • Jason A. Winfree

    (University of Michigan)

  • Jill J. McCluskey

    (Washington State University)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the financial incentives for entities to self-impose punishments post-apprehension but before the enforcement body imposes punishment. We argue that violators punish themselves in order to affect the level and type of total punishment. Violators may be able to choose the punishment that minimizes lost revenue. The model includes an enforcing body whose objective is to be perceived as fair by the public. We consider the case of university self-sanctions for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) violations to test our self-punishment model using data from Division I schools’ major infractions of NCAA rules. The estimation results show that university self-imposed punishments can significantly affect the form or type of the final punishment they receive from the NCAA in response to a violation of NCAA rules.

Suggested Citation

  • Jason A. Winfree & Jill J. McCluskey, 2008. "Incentives for Post-Apprehension Self-Punishment: University Self-Sanctions for NCAA Infractions," International Journal of Sport Finance, Fitness Information Technology, vol. 3(4), pages 196-209, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:jsf:intjsf:v:3:y:2008:i:4:p:196-209
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://wvuecommerce.wvu.edu/index.cfm?do=product.products&id=8141707051_91w&category_id=70&sub_cat_id=520
    Download Restriction: Full-text download requires subscription from FIT.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    self-punishment; NCAA; sanctions;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:jsf:intjsf:v:3:y:2008:i:4:p:196-209. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Victor Matheson (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.fitinfotech.com/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.