Down and Out in South Bend — Beyond Coaching
As the Fighting Irish slip from mediocre to bad, here is little data comparison of Charlie Weis and Ty Willingham (courtesy of my sports econ …
Brian Goff
The Saints Go Marching On
While New Orleans festers, life in the NFL goes on. The NFL’s Official Website, while mentioning the problems and “heavy hearts” of the club, did …
GM v. Coach: Optimal Disagreement
Marty Schottenheimer’s firing last night came down to conflict with general manager A.J. Smith. SI.com reported Schottenheimer as saying “There is and has been no …
Fans Care about PED Use — Sometimes
What spurred the public’s negative view of the use of PEDs? Why have MLB and pro cycling received much more attention than the NFL? Some …
Option Value in the Beltran Deal
First things first. Thanks to Skip Sauer for the invitation to contribute to the Sports Economist Blog. Skip has done a great job of blending …
Gresham’s Law of Sports Commentary
Economists know Gresham’s law as “bad money pushes out good money if forced to exchange at the same price.” Some variant of this seems to …
Wishing Carefully
As the proverb says — you better be careful what you wish for because you might just get it. The econ version of this saying …
Hockey & Cartels
So the season is canceled. It does appear that the Bettman-ownership stance was a hard cap or bust. Their supposed soft cap number was so …
Tiger Financial Fallout
How much will Tiger lose in income from recent negative publicity? This has been subject of considerable speculation around our hallways and on the web. …
How Seriously Do Teams Take the NFL Combine?
SI.com’s Andrew Perloff recently complained that NFL team’s put too much weight on “Combine” workouts in his “Combine Craziness,” You’d think in this day and …