Required textbook: Financial Management in the Sport Industry 2nd edition by Brown, Rascher, Nagel and McEvoy (2016) ISBN: 978-1-62159-011-8

PAPER TOPIC: 

Each student will analyze a publicly traded sports organization (NIKE) and determine if it is a wise investment. Remember, you are providing a profile of a publicly traded company, trying to convince me to invest. If at the end of your paper you realize this is a poor investment, tell me why? It’s perfectly fine after conducting research to conclude this organization is not worth an investment.

Organizations that I will be using is NIKE

RELATE THIS TOPIC TO SPORTS

( Financial Administration in Sports course)

Students are expected to demonstrate the use of concepts presented in this course. Conduct a thorough investigation – business structure, all financial ratios, revenue streams, endorsers, liabilities (both financial and legal), etc.

****IMPORTANT****

I will not grade your research paper unless it is structured and organized correctly, i.e., subtitles from below.

Divide your paper into the following sections:

The organization’s history

Consistent growth

Ability to adapt

Recoverability after significant loss(es)

Relationship with the community

suggestions in relation to competitors

Current legal liabilities

The health of financial statements (10 financial ratios) 

These are the 10 financial:

Price to Earnings Ratio, Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Price to Book Ratio, Return on Assets, Profit Margin, Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, Debt-to-Equity Ratio, Asset Turnover Ratio, Inventory Turnover Ratio

https://www.investing.com/equities/nike-ratios

https://news.nike.com/news/nike-inc-reports-fiscal-2019-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-results

You can use website to find the health of financial statements

– PAPER REQUIREMENTS

APA style should be used. This style sets a 1 margin on all sides. Pages should be left justified. Times New Roman with Font Side 12 should be used (Does not count the title page).

There should be at least six reference journal articles. Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference.

11 pages in total

Research Paper 10 pages in length

(typewritten and double-spaced).

1 page Work Cited.