An NCAA report proclaims that graduation rates of student athletes are at their highest ever. I certainly join in the applause for any improvement in the academic performance of student ...

Much of the scholarly work of sports economists would be reasonably categorised as "law & economics" type work. So recently, when our friends at the American Bar Association asked me ...

Michael Davis of Missouri University of Science and Technology and I are arranging North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE) - affiliated sports economics sessions at the Missouri Valley Economic Association ...

The latest estimate of the applications bump from winning the national title in college football or (men's) basketball is 8 per cent. A top twenty-type finish is worth 2 to ...

I am a bit late to the party on this. About two weeks ago, Justin Wolfers wrote his thoughts on why people study sports economics. Summarizing Wolfers' key points: Sports ...

1) Athletics vs. academics on campus The allocation of time spent by student-athletes between sport and study is a long running source of tension on America's campuses. This rather lengthy ...

The chancellor's decision at UNC Charlotte to compete on the college football field has generated some local controversy. Is the expense and institutional effort involved in starting up a football ...