The Rocket’s Arbitration Request
Roger Clemens has set his final offer at $22 million in this year’s arbitration showdown. The Astros countered with $13.5 million, an $8.5 million difference. …
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NBA Discrimination?
The NY Times piece on racial discrimination by NBA referees has generated quite a buzz from sports websites ranging from SI.com to the Dallas Morning …
Media Matters
Many players fly under the media radar, or, at least, only make fleeting appearances despite tremendous achievements. Roy Oswalt is a prime example. A pre-season …
Mad, bad or just dangerous to know?
Florentino Perez, President of Real Madrid is continuing to call for the creation of a European Superleague which would guarantee the top teams representation and …
NFLPA, retired players, and NFL owners
Readers may recall postings on the Sports Economist about relations between retired NFL players and the NFL Players Association. One such posting is Compensation issues …
The economic wisdom of Ray Lewis (updated)
No, the title is not a typo. In this interview for ESPN, Lewis claims that, “one of the consequences of a lost NFL season will …
Upsets and Blowouts in Tournaments
Here is the abstract of a paper in the most recent version of Economic Inquiry on upsets and blowouts in tournaments: In equilibrium play of …
Betting on the Tournament
From the Washington Post: The roughly $80 million wagered on the NCAA tournament in Las Vegas represents a minute fraction of the total betting on …
Barriers to Entry and Franchising
Co-blogger Phil Miller has recently written on his own blog, Increasing the size of a league imposes [negative] externalities on existing team owners. The new …
Moneyball: Normal v. Abnormal
What are the limits of a “Moneyball” — expected value of a particular position — approach to personell decisions? A Sports Illustrated piece on Albert …