Misaligned incentives in sports: A mathematical analysis of the post-2024 UEFA Champions League qualification
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| author | Csató, László Ilyin, Sergey |
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| contents | UEFA declares that it is committed to respecting the fundamental values of sports. However, the qualification rules of the post-2024 UEFA Champions League are shown to be unfair: a game with misaligned incentives was narrowly avoided in the 2023/24 German Bundesliga. We develop a mathematical model to reveal how incentives for losing can be reduced or eliminated. Since UEFA repeatedly commits the same theoretical mistake in designing the qualification system of its competitions, governing bodies in sports are called to work more closely together with the scientific community. |
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| spellingShingle | Misaligned incentives in sports: A mathematical analysis of the post-2024 UEFA Champions League qualification Csató, László Ilyin, Sergey Physics and Society 62F07, 90B90, 91B14 UEFA declares that it is committed to respecting the fundamental values of sports. However, the qualification rules of the post-2024 UEFA Champions League are shown to be unfair: a game with misaligned incentives was narrowly avoided in the 2023/24 German Bundesliga. We develop a mathematical model to reveal how incentives for losing can be reduced or eliminated. Since UEFA repeatedly commits the same theoretical mistake in designing the qualification system of its competitions, governing bodies in sports are called to work more closely together with the scientific community. |
| title | Misaligned incentives in sports: A mathematical analysis of the post-2024 UEFA Champions League qualification |
| topic | Physics and Society 62F07, 90B90, 91B14 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.12636 |