Abstract
This study provides a roadmap for economics instructors to use a graphical model along with various clips from ESPN’s critically-acclaimed 30FOR30 films series in order to complement classroom discussion of cartel theory, particularly the story of the National Collegiate Athletics Association as a cartel. The two films used here are Thaddeus D. Matula’s Pony Excess (2010) and Jonathan Hock’s The Best that Never Was (2010). Each chronicles the rampant rules-breaking, or cartel cheating, in college football during the 1970s and 1980s, culminating in the “Death Penalty” at SMU and the collapse of the Southwest Conference cartel.
Recommended Citation
(2012)
"Pony Distress: Using ESPN’s 30FOR30 Films to Teach Cartel Theory,"
Journal of Economics and Finance Education: Vol. 11:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/jefe/vol11/iss1/3
