The Economic Reason

Shane Sanders is Professor of Sports Economics in the Falk College of Sport & Human Dynamics at Syracuse University, New York (USA). He holds a Ph. D. in Economics and has published more than 50 academic articles in the areas of political economy, sports economics and sport health. Many of these articles have appeared in leading journals of economics, statistics, and sports medicine. For his collaborative research efforts, Sanders has received numerous grants, as well as a Finalist Award at the 2019 Carnegie Mellon Sport Analytics Conference Reproducible Research Competition. Sanders teaches courses in sports economics and sport analytics at Syracuse University and also serves as a player analytics consultant to professional and NCAA basketball teams. In his teaching, Sanders enjoys the challenge of reducing complex ideas into their simplest elements, then building those ideas back up for students in a relatable manner. Moreover, hebelieves that economics literacy could be much greater in contemporary societies toward the betterment of humanity and that it is partly the role of economics professors to help realize this potential.