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FIFA

  • "Give the World Cup bid a red card"

    FIFA, mega-events, Uncategorized, World Cup
    February 18, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    That's the title of co-blogger Dennis Coates' piece in today's LA Times.  Dennis may be too proud to call attention to himself by pointing that out here, but I'm not!  ...
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  • Brazil Bleg

    FIFA, incetives, soccer, strategy
    January 22, 2020
    by Liam Lenten
    Bitter football enemies Argentina and Brazil (combined 7-time World Champions) square-off yet again in a friendly next Wednesday.  The match is in (of all places) Doha – since the match ...
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  • Qatar and/or Bust

    FIFA, Uncategorized, World Cup
    January 5, 2020
    by Victor Matheson
    Today FIFA announced that the 2018 World Cup will be held in Russia, while the 2022 version will be held in Qatar, a country roughly the size of Connecticutt that ...
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  • Not a Good Performance Evaluation

    FIFA, soccer, World Cup
    December 25, 2019
    by Skip Sauer
    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 Gulati "will likely meet with ...
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  • World Cup finances & knock-on effects

    FIFA, mega-events, World Cup
    December 3, 2019
    by Skip Sauer
    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 British pounds): FIFA's expected revenue:  ...
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  • FIFA fun

    FIFA, World Cup
    November 24, 2019
    by Dennis Coates
    Skip called attention to a op-ed I published in the LA Times. An upshot of the piece, and similar ones in other papers, was that I received an email from ...
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  • FIFA: Money, Control, or Both

    FIFA, soccer, World Cup
    November 7, 2019
    by Brian Goff
    After goals not given, diving, low scoring, reds for nothing, penalties overlooked, ... of the World Cup, arguably the strongest overall team won the event.  Although not totally one-sided, Spain ...
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  • Superb World Cup 'Selection Bias' Example

    FIFA, soccer, World Cup
    November 4, 2019
    by Liam Lenten
    For all those economics professors and tutors out there who struggle to explain the crucial concept of ‘selection bias’, a nice illustration can be found in FIFA World Cup finals ...
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  • Wake Me Up When We Play Algeria

    FIFA, soccer, World Cup
    September 27, 2019
    by Skip Sauer
    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 ...
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  • Mega-Events in Developing Nations

    FIFA, soccer, South Africa, World Cup
    September 15, 2019
    by Victor Matheson
    South Africa has spent at least $6 billion in preparations for this summer's World Cup. How can a poor but developing country like South Africa afford to host such an ...
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  • Punish the Referee?

    FIFA, referees
    August 19, 2019
    by Skip Sauer
    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 ...
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