MGMT 8122 Sports Business Management

This course examines various business disciplines as they apply to the sports industry. The course examines professional and intercollegiate sports providing students an understanding of the history and modern trends in sports business and an opportunity to use sports to apply broader business concepts such as negotiating, investing and valuation, collective bargaining, monopolies, real estate, media, startups and business strategy.

Course overview

Department
Management and Organization
School
CSOM
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Annually

Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
4.13 / 5 · Very Good
24 responses
Instructor rating
4.26 / 5 · Very Good
24 responses
Terms evaluated
1
Most recent: Fall 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Fall 2025Jeffrey Wilen4.14.34.34.34.34.54.34.31–3 hrs/week24 of 28

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Sections

  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Jeffrey Wilen · Fulton Hall 235 Th 07:00PM-09:30PM · Offered