PEDs and Quality of Competition
In a recent TSE post, Brian writes: The league’s testing procedure (“analytic evidence”) uncovered only 13 users from 2009 to the present. Yet, now there …
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$1 Billion for the New Orleans Saints
It has been widely reported (see this link and the original SI story) that a Canadian consortium, presumably based in Toronto, offered $1b for the …
The Perils of Revenue Sharing
This report from ESPN highlights one of the incentive problems associated with revenue sharing. According to leaked financial documents, the Pittsburgh Pirates, despite (or perhaps …
Live Podcast on Thursday 10/13/05
This Thursday (10/13/05), John Palmer and I will be joining King Banaian of SCSU Scholars in a live podcast via James Reese’s Radioeconomics.com. The podcast …
Hammers’ Saga
It was announced this morning that West Ham, the English Premier League club has been acquired for £85 million by a consortium of Icelandic businessmen …
NFL Pro Bowl changes
I just read “How to make the Pro Bowl relevant”. My first reaction to the title was “relevant to what?”. Apparently there is some discussion …
The Vanishing Complete Game — Better "Technology" or Just Agency Problems
During Sunday night’s game where Tom Glavine reached his 300th victory, ESPN displayed a graphic showing number of complete games by a few prior 300 …
Examining the Production Function in Mexico City
The U.S.’ showing in Mexico on Sunday disappointed me as a soccer fan. As an “analyst,” I’m willing to place some of the blame on …
Sports Subsidies in Texas
WFAA.com has a good story on the economic impact of mega events in Texas that is largely based upon a paper written by TSE’s own …
Creativity — The X Factor
A Soccernet piece by Andrea Canales draws attention to the importance of creativity in performance. Her specific target is Justin Mapp and his nearly single-handed …