World Cup Notes
I think hosting the World Cup in South Africa may be too large a burden for a smallish developing country: population 49 million, with per capita income …
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Bundling in LA: Baseball and Dodger Dogs
The Los Angeles Dodgers are providing all you can eat Dodger Dogs this year in an example of mixed bundling in the sports industry: You …
NCAA Goes International
Could the NCAA become the North American Collegiate Athletic Association? The NCAA recently laid the groundwork for an international expansion. In an almost unnoticed vote …
Sports Economics Now Has JEL Classification Codes
The American Economic Association now has JEL classification codes for Sports Economics and subareas within the field. Here are the codes: Z2 – Sports Economics …
David Beckham and Marginal Revenue Product
The announcement earlier this year that international soccer superstar David Beckham would be joining the LA Galaxy met with some skepticism among sports fans as …
Where Does the Revenue Sharing Money Go?
This Milwaukee Journal Star article had some interesting statements from the owners of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Diego Padres. I posted here about …
Paying to Make the Grade
(Cross Posted at Market Power) NCAA officials and officials of member schools have been fretting for some time over the low graduation rates of student-athletes, …
Sport from the other side of the world
I approached Skip a few weeks ago asking if I could join this blog which I’ve been following on and off for a few months. …
Football Scores: Where Do We Go From Here?
Orange Bowl: 70-33; Rose Bowl: 45-38; Fiesta Bowl 41-38. All of these scores and, of course, the insane 67-56 scoring orgy in the Alamo Bowl …
Pricing and Politics
While we are on the subject of ticket pricing (see the comments to this Sports Economist post by Rod Fort), I thought I’d pass this …