Leagues: Not as easy as they look
The Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), the 5-team American league that just finished out its 3rd season, cancelled its 2012 season today while holding out hope for a return in 2013 or beyond. The ...College Athletic Department Subsidies
ESPN has a new data tool that allows people to obtain detailed expense and revenue data for many major college athletic programs. Here is the link. Here is the disclaimer ...Blue Jays Player Payroll Budget Increased
The Toronto Blue Jays indicated today that they believe they have not been hiring enough units of playing ability in the marketplace over the past few years, an argument that ...The NHL -- One More Kick at the Can?
The owners made an offer to the NHLPA today (Wednesday) that included profit-sharing and pretty near forensic accounting to guarantee the profit-sharing. The union has rejected the offer. "The League ...MLB's new killer app
Baseball has always been different than the other professional sports because local TV revenues are so large. They're large because they can provide a great deal of content to broadcasters ...Playing Injured Players
Before the St. Louis-Houston series, Dick Cantrell, a colleague and long-time baseball follower predicted that St. Louis was in trouble. He gave 3 or 4 concrete reasons, one of which ...New NCAA Restrictions
The NCAA has approved a preliminary new rule that would penalize teams when their players do not stay academically eligible. Basically, the new rules stipulate that each men's and women's ...An interesting incentive clause
Yesterday the NFL announced this year's Pro Bowl teams. On that list is Albert Haynesworth, defensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans. By earning this recognition from his peers, a clause ..."Spreading" the Wealth
A number of articles have appeared about the "spread" offense over the past couple of years. One of the best I've seen showed up on a San Diego Times-Union site ...The NFL Network?
From USA Today: The NFL's negotiations with ABC have not gone smoothly. The network has lost about $150 million a year on its current Monday Night Football deal, under which ...NCAA World Evolving but Toward What?
As Skip reminded readers in his recent pieces on realignment, the current drama fits into a larger historical framework. I thought it useful to review some of the major developments ...NFL Predictions: Writers v. Vegas
NFL prediction time is here again with writers from various outlets providing their views. Here are SI's Preview predictions. Betting markets such as Vegas Insider supply futures bets on AFC, ...
