Conference Realignments: (Some) Order out of Chaos
The poaching of past Big East schools by the ACC and Big East and similar events in other conferences has engendered accusations of greed, disloyalty, …
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Wise Crowds
Rod Fort’s challenge to anyone who could outdo college football preseason polls (Not Exactly Julian Simon …) reminded me about a Henry Manne piece appearing …
Health Risks to Athletes: Beyond Steroids
Steroids have attracted a huge amount of attention in recent years including several posts here. A recent study (see article) by Scripps Howard News Service …
New NCAA Playoff: Next Step or End Game?
Although it took about 10 years longer than I thought it might, the big-time football schools in college football finally adopted a genuine playoff. In …
World Cup Thoughts and Questions
England fans reportedly booed Bayern Munich’s Owen Hargreaves as he entered the friendly against Hungary this week. With the inclusion of the very young and …
ECONFL | Sports Economist: Exploring the Economic Impact
Add another econ major to the ranks of NFL coaches along with Bill Belichick. Jim Schwartz, the new head coach in Detroit and former defensive …
The Media and Probability Distributions
ESPN replayed a little bit of Billy Donovan’s post-game press conference Sunday night. In response to an off-camera question that seemed to be about the …
LeBron “Stumbling on Losses”
Is LeBron James secretly involved in the marketing of the Dave Berri and Martin Schmidt book, Stumbling on Wins? Only a week after Forbes showcases …
UEFA’s Definition of "Fair Play"
ESPN Soccernet recently reported UEFA’s passage of a new “financial fair play” standard to go in effect in 2013. Stefan Symanski raised the alert back …