Melbourne Storm Stripped of Two Premierships, Fined $1.6m for Cheating National Rugby League Salary Cap
Integrity. Sport is based upon the principle of a fair contest. A fair contest requires two players or teams to compete on an even footing, …
Robert Macdonald
Left Field Contributions: ‘Origins’
Greetings from the new wordpress version of The Sports Economist. To start off things at the new/old site it’s time to unveil a new regular …
Free Agency Coming to the Australian Football League in 2012
The Australian Football League (AFL) and the Australian Football League Players’ Association (AFLPA) today announced agreement on the introduction of free agency to the AFL …
Private Ownership in Australian Rugby?
Will the rugby union ‘elite’ overcome their history and start selling equity in rugby union Super 14 franchises in Australia? 15 years ago the sport …
The search for an American AFL star
The history of the Australian Football League has seen a few non-Australians make their mark, with Ireland representing being the most viable pool of foreign-born talent …
Unbalanced Schedules and Competitive Balance
With the NFL approaching the business-end of the season, the strength of schedule becomes of increasing importance and an interesting feature of many leagues is …
Seeding in Grand Slams
The Australian Open concluded on the weekend. The Swiss master Roger Federer prevailed in three sets (6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (11)) against the Scot, Andy Murray; …
(Ir)rational Reading
I was halfway through a draft post on some recent books when I read Brian Goff’s recent entry ‘LeBron “Stumbling on Losses”‘. Brian has highlighted …
Government Suppression of Economic Impact Critique
[Association] Football Federation Australia is the national governing body for soccer in Australia. It is financially weak, but politically strong enough to have secured a …
Williamson, the Economics of Governance, and Sport
As most economists would know by now, Oliver Williamson won half of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences earlier this week. By this stage, …