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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 in the American University". As ... -
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 the exchequer a paltry £7m ... -
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 to the World Series." It's ... -
Wake Me Up When We Play Algeria
2-2 vs. Slovenia, and whew! That was the most thrilling tie in American history. We're still alive!! As for the commentary, Ian Darke's performance in the booth validated ESPN's decision to ... -
Sports Palaces and Municipal Debt
Sports facilities play a prominent role in Steven Malanga's article in today's WSJ, "America's Municipal Debt Racket." Neither Malanga nor I make the claim that spending on sports facilities is ... -
World Cup Notes
I think hosting the World Cup in South Africa may be too large a burden for a smallish developing country: population 49 million, with per capita income $10,000. With $6 billion invested ... -
Sports and the Economy Watch
How is the sports business faring in the Great Recession? Here are two contrasting stories out today. First, a study sponsored by the Los Angeles Sports Council reports significant declines ... -
Cowboys Stadium Financing
This story from the Dallas Morning News has some good details on the public/private contributions to paying off the bonds which support the $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium. Both public and ... -
Punish the Referee?
Another broken leg in the EPL, this time to Newcastle's Hatem Ben Arfa, and the FA is -- according to more than one press report-- likely to take action against ... -
Industrial Sabotage at Manchester United?
When I first saw remarks like those I'm about to quote, I let it pass with an oblique comment (in the Portsmouth post from last week). But industrial sabotage -- ... -
Ban Holidays!
Among the sports-related economic nonsense that gets tossed about in the media are calculations of "lost productivity" associated with things like the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Here's the latest instance, ... -
Got Your Bet Down?
Yesterday the New York Times reported that a bill to legalize internet gambling is making progress in Congress. I would love to be able to get a legal bet down ...
