Sports Economist Makes Good
The bloggers here at The Sports Economist will all know Professor Steve Walters of Loyola University here in Maryland. Steve has signed on to advise …
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Venezuela May Nationalize, Close Golf Courses
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez appears to be taking steps to nationalize and close golf courses. Chavez has already nationalized oil, steel, and cement companies. Several …
SEC West Goes South
What do Presbyterian, UNC-Asheville, Campbell, Samford, Jacksonville, Nicholls State, Coastal Carolina, Florida Atlantic, and St. Peter’s all have in common? The title of the post …
Compensation issues in the NFL
Today’s Baltimore Sun had articles on two distinct compensation issues for NFL players. The first article is about signing draft picks and the practice of …
FA Premier League rights: a new twist
I wrote a blog here on September 24th about the intervention of the competition authority in Brussels to prohibit the FAPL from selling more than …
The Stadium Game Continues in Minnesota
New Vikings owner Zigi Wilf has announced a rough estimate on the cost of a new stadium for his new team: Minnesota House Speaker Steve …
MLB revenue sharing and stadium financing
Readers of the Sports Economist are likely to be familiar with revenue sharing in professional sports. Leagues have different approaches to sharing revenues, and the …
Averse to Winning
Kansas City Chief’s Dick Vermeil made a call that few coaches are willing to make. Peter King describes it in his SI.com column: Five seconds …
Sponsorship envy
Brian Urlacher was fined $100,000 for wearing a hat bearing the logo of Vitaminwater, a competitor of Gatorade, at the media day for the Super …