Non-Pecuniary Gifts in College Football Bowls
Unlike coaches who get bonuses for making bowl games, the athletes can’t be paid cold, hard cash for their efforts. But participants in bowl games …
Phil Miller
Manti Teo and the MSSM (Mainstream Sports Media)
No doubt you’ve ran across the bizarre saga of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Teo and his fictional girlfriend. If not, see here. The fact that …
Big 12, college basketball, College Football, college sports, Conference realignment, Economic Impact, NCAA
The Economic Impact of the Demise of the Big XII – Waco
A Waco economist, RayPerryman, has prepared an economic impact statement about the impact of the demise of the Big XII on Waco and Texas (via …
No Price Discrimination Here
Despite their non-profit status*, university athletic departments price their tickets using strategies like the pros do. For one thing, they practice price discrimination. Students get …
“Blogometrics” – Ranking the Econ Blogs
A little shameless self-promotion here. Franklin Mixon and Kamal Upadhyaya have ranked economics blogs in this Easter Economic Journal article entitled “Blogometrics.” The abstract: This …
Paying Them What They Are Worth Improves the Integrity of Games
Stef Szymanski argues below that monopsonistic exploitation via international competition is a primary driving force behind the fixing of international matches. We don’t hear much …
More Big 10 Expansion Talk – Does Basketball Matter?
Following up on Brad’s post about Big 10 expansion plans, it looks like the football coaches in the Big XII have no idea what’s going …
Message to the Vikings: You Can Have Our Taxes, But You’ll Never Get Our Convention Business!!!
The Minnesota Vikings raised some eyebrows with a presentation they gave about their proposal for a new stadium. A red circle on a map has …
Resources Tend to their Most Valued Use – The Notre Dame/Cincy Version
If you follow college football, you know that Notre Dame yet again fired a disappointing coach, this time former Patriot assistant Charlie Weis. In his …
college basketball, College Football, college sports, ticket demand, ticket prices, ticket pricing, two-part tariff
The Use of the Two-Part Tariff in College Ticket Pricing
I’ve written before that when you look at how college athletic department officials make business decisions, they act a lot like their professional counterparts even …