December 2014

The mediating effect of competitive balance on the relation between foreign players and performance of the Greek National Basketball Team

The purpose of the present study is to initially investigate the association between the presence and number of foreign players and the competitive balance indices in the Greek National Basketball League; it subsequently determines whether the competitive balance mediates a positive effect on the performance of the Greek National Basketball Team, as evidenced by its rankings in the EuroBasket Championships. The study...

Author(s): Meletakos Panagiotis, Noutsos Konstadinos, Manasis Vasileios, Bayios Ioannis