By Robbie Butler
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Ross Booth last week. Many in the world of sports economics will have been familiar with Ross who was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Monash University.
During his academic career Ross made several notable contributions to the literature. His clear passion for Australian Rules Football can be witnessed from his numerous peer reviewed papers in prestigious journal including Sport Management Review, Economic Record and Australian Economic Review, and a contribution to the Handbook on the Economics of Sport. Ross also branched outside of AFL and wrote on sports economics generally as well as a notable 2013 contribution to the Journal of Sports Economics exploring competitive balance in Formula One, a sport largely overlooked in the field at the time. This paper has already been cited more than 50 times.
Only last August Ross made the trip to visit us in Cork to attend all five days of the 14th Annual European Sport Economics Association Conference. He was immediately popular with attendees and organisers, and spent the first evening of the conference with us at a League of Ireland cup match. We chatted about sport and he told me he played some Aussie Rules when he was younger. Little did we know, nor did he mention during his time here, how famous he was back home. It is only in recent days that we have started to understand the role he played in AFL circles and the contributions he made to the sport.
We have lost a great colleague and academic. The small community of sports’ economists is a lesser place now that Ross has gone. Some tributes to Ross from his homeland can be found here and here.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Ross Booth last week. Many in the world of sports economics will have been familiar with Ross who was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Monash University.
During his academic career Ross made several notable contributions to the literature. His clear passion for Australian Rules Football can be witnessed from his numerous peer reviewed papers in prestigious journal including Sport Management Review, Economic Record and Australian Economic Review, and a contribution to the Handbook on the Economics of Sport. Ross also branched outside of AFL and wrote on sports economics generally as well as a notable 2013 contribution to the Journal of Sports Economics exploring competitive balance in Formula One, a sport largely overlooked in the field at the time. This paper has already been cited more than 50 times.
Only last August Ross made the trip to visit us in Cork to attend all five days of the 14th Annual European Sport Economics Association Conference. He was immediately popular with attendees and organisers, and spent the first evening of the conference with us at a League of Ireland cup match. We chatted about sport and he told me he played some Aussie Rules when he was younger. Little did we know, nor did he mention during his time here, how famous he was back home. It is only in recent days that we have started to understand the role he played in AFL circles and the contributions he made to the sport.
We have lost a great colleague and academic. The small community of sports’ economists is a lesser place now that Ross has gone. Some tributes to Ross from his homeland can be found here and here.
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