Non-profits Often Behave Like For-Profits
This morning’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article on the Southlake (Tx) Carroll Dragons football program. Southlake, a suburb of Fort Worth, is a wealthy …
Phil Miller
Still Looking for a Tenant at Kansas City’s Sprint Center
Just over one year ago, Kansas City opened the gleaming new Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City to replace the aging Kemper Arena. It was …
Players’ View of the AFL
I ran across an interesting article regarding former Missouri Tiger football players who have recently played in the Arena Football League. Echoing the comments of …
Report: Lower Ticket Prices for Women’s Basketball is Due to Institutional Sexism
From the Chronicle of Higher Ed.: “Colleges charge a premium for admission to see males play, even when women’s basketball teams are ranked as among …
The Short Term Impact of Making the Final Four
Getting to the Final Four last year has, apparently, been good for the good folks at George Mason: (GMU President Alan) Merten said there were …
Battle over TV Rights
Peter Angelos and Major League Baseball officials are still duking it out: The control of broadcast rights to the Baltimore-Washington region is at the center …
Al Roth on the BCS
Here’s Al Roth at Market Design: College football doesn’t host playoffs. The “championship” game matches the two highest ranked teams at the end of the …
Fan Message Boards and College Program Naughtiness
Fan message boards, like the Tigerboard for Mizzou Tiger fans and their rivals’ fans, are places where far-flunged fans can exchange information and fling barbs, …
Classroom Example Using Recent Vikings News
I read the following posted by John Whitehead over at the Environmental Economics blog. Some TSE readers may find it to be a useful discussion …
Misunderstanding the MRP of College Coaches
Reader Trent sent me this column by Greg Easterbrook on all the attention (and cash) heaped on college football coaches. There are other bloggable points …