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SC-FINANCEFree course · Certificate on completion

Introduction to Sports Finance and Economics

A free short course by Sportal Corporate — not a credit-bearing university award.

2h 39m of video8 videos13 written lessons

Where the money in sport comes from, how a club's accounts actually work, and why competitive balance is an economic problem.

The course teaches you to read a club's accounts line by line, then examines how the biggest clubs make money, the economics of a stadium, and what the Deloitte Football Money League does and does not tell you. It covers salary caps and competitive balance, football finance explained by working accountants, and how sport became a trillion-dollar asset class.

It suits anyone who has to interpret a sports business — analysts, journalists, commercial staff, agency teams — and students on a management or finance track who want the numbers to mean something. Eight video lessons are released one at a time, with written notes, key terms and an exercise. A ten-question quiz at 80% issues a verifiable certificate.

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Free, self-paced, no payment. Work through the lessons, pass the quiz, and get a certificate you can verify by QR code.

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What you will learn

21 lessons · 2h 39m
  1. 1How this course works
  2. 2Video 1 — Where the money in sport comes from7m
  3. 3Notes — Where the money in sport comes from
  4. 4Video 2 — How to read a club's accounts9m
  5. 5Notes — How to read a club's accounts
  6. 6Video 3 — How the biggest clubs actually make money10m
  7. 7Notes — How the biggest clubs actually make money
  8. 8Video 4 — The economics of a stadium15m
  9. 9Notes — The economics of a stadium
  10. 10Video 5 — The Deloitte Football Money League explained15m
  11. 11Notes — The Deloitte Football Money League explained
  12. 12Video 6 — Salary caps and competitive balance23m
  13. 13Notes — Salary caps and competitive balance
  14. 14Video 7 — Football finance, explained by accountants33m
  15. 15Notes — Football finance, explained by accountants
  16. 16Video 8 — How sport became a trillion-dollar asset class47m
  17. 17Notes — How sport became a trillion-dollar asset class
  18. 18Key terms
  19. 19Key takeaways
  20. 20Applied output — A financial model and valuation for a sports property
  21. 21Exercise — Read one set of real accounts

Lessons unlock one at a time. Finish them all, score 80% on the quiz, and your certificate is issued automatically.

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