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Things are Getting Interesting in the North Star State
Tensions ran high at a meeting Tuesday regarding the proposal for the new Twins stadium that I blogged about here. Here is a Minneapolis Star-Tribune …
Canonizing NCAA Rules
In September 14th’s Wall Street Journal Life & Style section, Mark Yost writes a provocative piece about Reggie Bush, USC, and college athletics. Mr. Yost …
Super Bowl Ticket Prices
Super Bowl week is upon us once again. I’d like to kick off the week here at The Sports Economist with a few observations about …
What is the Marginal Revenue Product of Prayer?
It may well be that church attendance and membership are declining throughout North America, but chapel services in professional sports (baseball, anyway) seem to be …
Has Title IX Inhibited the Growth of Lacrosse?
The May 30th edition of the NYTimes (free registration required) has a major story about the growth of lacrosse in North America. When Johns Hopkins …
Sports at the Movies
A new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) comes to the conclusion that state and local subsidies for one particular industry: …
Serie B (and Maybe A) Match Fixing Scandal
Nick Watanabe over at the International Journal of Sport Finance Blog alerts us to a match fixing scandal in the Italian soccer league, Serie B, …
Free Agency for the Australian Football League?
The Australian Football League has arguably the most restrictive labour market regulations of any pro sport; a player draft, a (relatively hard) salary cap, and …