Nature vs. Nurture in Coaching
From Friday’s Chronicle of Higher Ed daily emailing: Even though the number of women who participate in college athletics has risen dramatically since Title IX …
Phil Miller
How Are Infants Like Adults?
With apologies to Levitt and Dubner for the “How are x’s like y’s” title, here’s an interesting case of ticket pricing from the Big 12 …
Winners and Losers in College Bowl Games
It’s well-known that in terms of accounting entries, many college athletic departments lose money. Some economists have questioned whether the expense and revenue entries are …
All for One and One for All in Minnesota
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune regarding the new request for public funding for a new Vikings stadium: (New Vikings owner Zigi) Wilf’s announcement last week …
Bringing the Game Back – The Role of Prices
Responding to some of the doomers and gloomers who see the NBA going to hell in a handbasket, Dave Berri argues that the the association …
Bud Selig – The Most Socialist Baseball Commissioner?
Given this most recent salvo, I have begun to conclude that Bud Selig has been the most socialist baseball commissioner ever: While meeting with baseball …
“Termination Risk and Agency Problems: Evidence from the NBA”
Here’s a link to new working paper by Alma Cohen, Nadav Levy, and Roy Sasson. Here is the abstract. When agents face a risk of …
Necessary Condition for Success at Football
“Coyote blog” posts: You hear a lot of debate about what wins NFL Championships – is it offense, defense, the running game, the quarterback? Well, …
Capital Improvements in Sports
There’s a couple of articles that I ran across this morning about capital improvements in sports. The first, from the Kansas City Star, is a …
Negotiations over the Vikings
Negotitations over the Minnesota Vikings are reaching a head. At this point, Arizona businessman Reggie Fowler has exclusive negotiating rights with Red McCombs, the current …