John L. Crompton holds the rank of University Distinguished Professor and is both a Regents Professor and a Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M University. He received his basic training in England. His undergraduate work was in physical education and geography at Loughborough College. After teaching high school for a year, he attended the University of Illinois, where he completed a MS degree in Recreation and Park Administration in 1968. In 1970, he was awarded another MS degree from Loughborough University of Technology, majoring in Business Administration.

Dennis R. Howard, PhD, is a Philip H. Knight Professor of Business at the University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business. Dennis served as dean of the College from 2008 to 2010. Prior to becoming dean, he served as head of the Marketing Department and taught sports business classes at the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center.

Howard has authored or co-authored three books and close to 100 articles on sport and leisure industry topics. His book with John Crompton, Financing Sport, is the first comprehensive textbook on the many traditional and innovative...

Ming Li, is professor and dean of the College of Education and Human Development at Western Michigan University.

Mark J. Eschenfelder is an associate professor of economics at Robert Morris University. He received his BS degree in economics from Southern Illinois University¡ªEdwardsville, his MA in economics from Western Illinois University, and his PhD in economics from the University of Missouri.

Ronald Althouse is a professor of sociology, a past chairperson of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and director of the Survey and Research Center at West Virginia University.