Dominating the Country Club
Competitive balance in sports is among the most commonly discussed topics among sports economists. Three of the four most cited articles at the Journal of …
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Steroid Use and MLB Policy:the prisoners’ dilemma
Major League Baseball owners and the MLB Players’ Association have reached an agreement that there will be more, and more random, testing for steroid use, …
Real Madrid and Sports Econ 101
So what do professional sports teams sell? Rivalry of course, and to have rivalry you have to have a rival. Real Madrid have broken the …
5th and Goal. What to do?
The infamous “Fifth Down game” of 1990 is forever in the annals of Missouri Tiger and Colorado Buffalo history. A good Colorado team, ranked No. …
Tom Watson, Where Are You?
With a memorable Players yesterday and the U.S. Open one month out, I wanted to pose a question that has been on my mind for …
Perverse Incentives in College Football
So, suppose you were the University of Nevada playing Boise St. last Saturday… Your 8-3 record has already locked up a bowl appearance regardless of …
What Are We? Chopped Liver?
A recent article, “New Approaches to Ranking Economics Journals” by Yolanda K. Kodrzycki and Pingkang Yu, ranks economics journals in terms of their impact on …
Cycles in Conference Dominance
A recent USA Today column tackled the question, why is AFC dominating the NFC? This year, the AFC won an unprecedented 70% of the inter-conference …
From Russia with Love?
American soccer fans are not the only ones who should be bemoaning the US’ elimination from the 2018 World Cup at the hands of Trinidad …
Profile of Tom Hicks
In the Dallas Morning News, Gary Jacobson and Brandon Case describe the next unfolding chapter in the business life of one of sports’ most controversial …