Robert Macdonald

Cricket is a game of many forms. At the international level, there is Test Cricket (5 days, theoretically 450 overs

Two recent publications may be of interest to readers of The Sports Economist. 1. The journal Economic Analysis and Policy

A colleague of mine on the editorial board of this new journal has alerted me to the impending debut of

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is creating some interesting financial headlines. Today at foxsports.com.au and in the Melbourne Herald Sun

Could the NFL be a salary cap-free league in 2010? The NFL team owners or the NFL Players’ Association can

Hello everyone, Rob Macdonald here. Skip has invited me to contribute some posts with an Australian flavour. I look forward

Show me the money #1 The salary data for the New York Yankees (see below) makes for an interesting contrast

Drugs. As always they are a hot topic. But in Australia this year, the central focus of the debate has

The Australian Football League has arguably the most restrictive labour market regulations of any pro sport; a player draft, a

OK, so maybe this post belongs over at Improbable Research because it amused and bemused me in equal measures, but