Robert Macdonald, Author At The Sports Economist

Michael Lewis writes some interesting books on the sporting labour market. Moneyball has been widely discussed, The Blind Side less

The 2008 Australian Conference of Economists (ACE) is this year being held on the sunny Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between

The fellows over at The Science of Sport have been quick to bring us a link to the CAS ruling

As key trigger dates for unilateral termination approach, the most recent round of offers in the collective bargaining negotiations between

There has been quite a bit of discussion about drug taking, gene doping and what we mean by ‘artificial’ enhancements

Interesting article in The Age (Melbourne) on the state of the ‘football wars’ in Australia. Four codes (Australian football, rugby

Last week, Australian government Minister for Sport, Senator Mark Arbib announced another Australian government review in to the affairs of

With the date of the Australian federal election expected to be called soon (Prime Minister Howard declared he wouldn’t announce

Integrity. Sport is based upon the principle of a fair contest. A fair contest requires two players or teams to

Greetings from the new wordpress version of The Sports Economist. To start off things at the new/old site it’s time

The Australian Football League (AFL) and the Australian Football League Players’ Association (AFLPA) today announced agreement on the introduction of

Will the rugby union ‘elite’ overcome their history and start selling equity in rugby union Super 14 franchises in Australia?