Luck vs. Skill
In his recent Moneyball post, Skip alluded to the “Fire Joe Morgan” blog, website dedicated to pointing out silly commentary from sports journalists. In homage to this sadly …
Victor Matheson
Migration of the All-Star Game
In response to concerns about potential racial profiling of its players, 27% of whom are of Hispanic origin, the Major League Baseball Players Association today …
USA, the Crash Davis of the World
Just a quick comment to note that when President Obama says the the U.S. has always been and always will be a Triple-A country, that …
NCAA Seeding — A Rejoinder to Brian Goff
In his latest post Brian Goff notes that top seeds in this year’s tournament had some trouble putting away their lower ranked opponents and that …
Bad Economics from FIFA
Today, FIFA have confirmed they made $3.655 billion from the World Cup in South Africa. President Sepp Blatter said that the figures proved it was the …
The Economists Were Right? Say it Ain’t So, Joe!
Tucked away in this article about the potential economic impact of 2008 Demcratic National Convention planned for Denver is this startling admission about the 2005 …
Congratulations to Skip!
Skip Sauer, our illustrious leader and the founder of thesporteconomist.com, has been elected as president of the North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE). NAASE …
Olympic-sized crowds?
Less than one week away from the opening ceremonies of the world’s largest sporting event, the Beijing tourism bureau predicts that the city will attract …
A Beehive (State) of Activity?
I know this might get old to readers, but if sport teams stopped producing bogus economic impact numbers, and if the press stopped blindly parroting …
Where are the American women?
I’m a little behind the game here, but in a relatively recent segment on NPR, commentator Frank DeFord lamented the current lack of American women …