(Weird) Politics as Usual

Governance organizations often behave in strange ways even when they are not “governments” in the common usage of the term. In the past, I’ve written …

*#@*#%Tradeoffs!

Decisions imply tradeoffs. Sports economics provides so many clear examples. Often, these tradeoffs are awefully hard to judge accurately because they require speculation about what …

The Kingdom of Broyles

ESPN.com’s Pat Forde writes an informative column about Arkansas AD and former football coach Frank Broyles. Because Arkansas sits in the media backwater, Broyles’ influence …

Canonizing NCAA Rules

In September 14th’s Wall Street Journal Life & Style section, Mark Yost writes a provocative piece about Reggie Bush, USC, and college athletics.  Mr. Yost …