Starting the College Football Career Early
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes that many college football freshmen are enrolling in college before theyhave graduated from high school: Graham Pocic will graduate from …
Phil Miller
Inside the Business of Bowls – A Money Loser for Some
Besides the game, the University of Missouri lost money on their trip to Houston’s Texas Bowl this past season. For the second year in a …
Sweet Lew’s Sweet Compensation Package
Major college athletic programs are run in ways that are very similar their professional brethren. They compete in markets for top talent (except that in …
It’s Still Good to be the Cupcake
The demand for cupcakes keeps increasing and, along with it, the payout from playing a road game at a major college football program. From the …
The SEC to Investigate the Marlins’ Stadium Deal
From Jeff Passan at Yahoo! sports: The Security and Exchange Commission on Thursday launched guided warheads at the Marlins, requesting the team’s financial records, communications with …
The DH and Broken Windows Fallacy
Frederic Bastiat’s broken windows fallacy: if a window maker breaks windows to increase business, he certainly benefits (if he doesn’t get busted, of course). But …
I Gotta Pick the Pats
I agree with Mitch Albom here. The Pats have just completely shut down the number one offense, they shredded the number one defense, and are …
Stanford May Cut Back in Athletics
From the AP (via a Sports Blog twitter) Stanford’s athletic department is projecting a $5 million loss in revenue over the next three years and …
RIP Thomas Roberts
Thomas Roberts, the arbitrator who found MLB teams had colluded in the free agent market in the mid 1980’s (and who was fired twice by …
Public Employee Database Collection
People have increasingly made life easier for researchers by utilizing the internet. This morning, North Carolina State’s Craig Newmark linked to two sites that will …