Inter Milan 3 Manchester City 0
I attended the Inter Milan-Manchester City “friendly” last night at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Here is an article describing the game. From my somewhat …
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Uncapped Season Begins in NFL
Do you feel a bit more uninhibited this morning? In a free-wheeling mood? A lot of NFL front office types do, because as of 12:01am, …
Franchise tag economics
The NFL is approaching the deadline after which players become free agents, and are able to negotiate with other teams. The salary cap puts teams …
NFL Draft Shenanigans
Entry drafts are used by all professional sports leagues in North America to allocate incoming talent to teams. They create monopsony power for teams because …
NFL First Rounders: Paid Too Much or Too Little?
After the NFL draft, Joel Rose, a reporter from Marketplace asked me about the high salaries of first rounders and whether a rookie pay scale …
“Fair” Shares in the NFL
Well-connected NFL observers and writers predict a work stoppage, although 11th hour settlements are not uncommon. When the talk of breakdown in the NFL’ s …