MLB revenue sharing and stadium financing
Readers of the Sports Economist are likely to be familiar with revenue sharing in professional sports. Leagues have different approaches to sharing revenues, and the …
Dennis Coates
Sponsorship envy
Brian Urlacher was fined $100,000 for wearing a hat bearing the logo of Vitaminwater, a competitor of Gatorade, at the media day for the Super …
The Baltimore Charm
It’s official. The Baltimore expansion franchise in the LFL, Lingerie Football League for the uninformed, will be called the Baltimore Charm. For those snickering at …
Just give him the keys to the treasury
According to a report online at Forbes (and citing a report from the Minneapolis Star Tribune), Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf has rejected three different …
Sabermetrics to rescue health care
Here’s an interesting op-ed from today’s NY Times. It isn’t exactly sports, but Billy Beane proposes, essentially, that the methods that made the Oakland A’s …
NFLPA, retired players, and NFL owners
Readers may recall postings on the Sports Economist about relations between retired NFL players and the NFL Players Association. One such posting is Compensation issues …
Maryland Stadium Authority – the gift that keeps on giving
Baltimore has Camden Yards and M and T Bank Stadium thanks to the work of the Maryland Stadium Authority. One might think that after spear-heading …
NFL Pro Bowl changes
I just read “How to make the Pro Bowl relevant”. My first reaction to the title was “relevant to what?”. Apparently there is some discussion …
North American Association of Sports Economists
The North American Association of Sports Economists has negotiated with the Journal of Sports Economics to get members of the Association cut rate subscriptions to …
When Near Monopolists Collide
Major League Baseball moved the Montreal Expos to Washington, with the relocated team renamed the Nationals, just about a year and a half ago. Doing …