The "I Don’t Know" Argument
Generally I teach The Economics of Sports in the Winter Quarter at Cal-State Bakersfield. The quarter begins the first week of January or right around …
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Option Value in the Beltran Deal
First things first. Thanks to Skip Sauer for the invitation to contribute to the Sports Economist Blog. Skip has done a great job of blending …
Taking stock of soccer
A really interesting paper courtesy of Brad Plumer of the Washington Post. How popular is soccer? Popular enough to bring financial markets to a halt, …
It’s Arbitration Time
It’s arbitration time again in baseball, a time when some baseball players and their teams negotiate with one another under the threat of having a …
John Kerry and the MLB monopoly
It was reported last week that MLB was on the verge of signing a deal with DirecTV to make its Extra Innings package the exclusive …
New Sport Bellies up to the Subsidy Trough
Sailing is asking for government support. In Annapolis, Maryland, there is now a proposal for a National Sailing Hall of Fame. Interestingly, the site for …
Division 1 Playoff
I was critical of the decision to hold legislative hearings on goings on regarding college football’s BCS system, but now that they have occurred, let’s …
Gresham’s Law of Sports Commentary
Economists know Gresham’s law as “bad money pushes out good money if forced to exchange at the same price.” Some variant of this seems to …
Wishing Carefully
As the proverb says — you better be careful what you wish for because you might just get it. The econ version of this saying …
The "Effect" of Education on NBA Arrest Rates
from the sports law blog: Update to NBA Player Arrest StudyIn my study on NBA player arrest and age/education, I added an education-level comparison of …