NFL QB Bias
Over the years, questions have surfaced regarding an anti-black QB bias in the NFL. A young black QB enters the league fresh from college success …
Brian Goff
Struggles of the Irish
LSU’s 41-14 drubbing of Notre Dame makes the 9th straight bowl game dropped by the Irish, creating a little media frenzy. As a fan, I’m …
Tiger in the House
In a recent paper, Jennifer Brown of Cal-Berkeley finds that when Tiger is player, the average score in tournaments increases by almost a stroke (0.8) …
Accounting for NASCAR Tastes
NASCAR’s Daytona 500 ratings point toward another year upward year for the sport. Although I follow NASCAR a bit, I’m not much of a fan. …
The University as Frankenstein Monster
“Vanderbilt is a medical center with a university as a side business.” An economist from Vandy made this comment based on the size of the …
Augusta National Changes: "Buzzkill" or Return to Long Run Form
Yahoo!’s Dan Wetzel writes: The 13th is the end of Amen Corner and these days the golfers don’t have a prayer. It was once a …
NCAA Seeding — A Lot of Noise
The 2013 NCAA tournament has afforded another experiment on whether the seeding process incorporates much more noise than signal. For those following the tournament, it …
College Athletic Finances — The Untold Story
The two recent posts on college finances hit upon one of my pet subjects. With Mel Borland and Bob Pulsinelli here at WKU, I conducted …
Soccer Incentives
Recent travels kept me away from the SportsEconomist for the past couple of weeks. Fortunately, I was lucky of enough to have access to Fox …
Conference Dating Game: Winners and Losers
Several college athletic conference realignments have taken place over the past 20 years in a process not unlike Match.com. Different parties size each other up …