Global Stadium Construction Update
At Target Field in Minnesota, local saloonkeepers are gushing. Scholars who study stadiums predict a longer than average “honeymooon effect” of the new stadium on attendance at Twins …
Skip Sauer
An Economist’s Quick Thoughts on the LeBron James Decision
LeBron James is catching a torrent of criticism over his decision to leave his “hometown team”, the Cleveland Cavaliers, for the Miami Heat. As an …
Not a Good Performance Evaluation
The AP headline is: “US soccer pres: We failed to meet expectations.” There’s not much else in the story, apart from a statement that Sunil …
Quick Notes & Links
The NHL is thumping its chest over an excellent season for business. Says Commissioner Gary Bettman, “”By whatever method of measurement you want to use …
World Cup finances & knock-on effects
This BBC story has a number of figures on the costs and revenues of staging this year’s World Cup in South Africa. Among them (in …
Olympic post-mortem
Personally, less viewing was more fun. It was a shame though, to see “home-cooking” in the Men’s 500m short-track race, where a Canadian judge made …
Decline of Portsmouth… and the English PL
News reports in England imply that Portsmouth Football Club of the English Premier League, perhaps the richest league in world soccer, is within days of …
Soccer, and Hell Freezing Over
A couple of weeks ago, my undergraduate seminar engaged in a discussion of Michael Allen Gillespie’s excellent essay “Players and Spectators: Sports and Ethical Training …
Taxing Away the Stars
From today’s FT.com: Britain is driving away international sports stars and missing opportunities to host lucrative sporting events because of a tax practice that nets …
Ballplayers and Bankers
Cartoonist Ruben Bolling riffs on President Obama’s recent comparison of bonuses for bankers and baseball players “who are making more than that and don’t get …