The Continuing Stadium Mess: More Effects of Using Other People’s Money
I’m shocked, shocked I say that this would happen in a case with a publicly-subsidized sports stadium. Eight years ago, as the St. Louis Cardinals …
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Root, Root, Root for the Green Team?
Brendan Koerner has an article Slate Magazine with the great title, Are the Yankees Bad for the Environment? The fun title is a bit spoiled …
When Near Monopolists Collide
Major League Baseball moved the Montreal Expos to Washington, with the relocated team renamed the Nationals, just about a year and a half ago. Doing …
Luck vs. Skill
In his recent Moneyball post, Skip alluded to the “Fire Joe Morgan” blog, website dedicated to pointing out silly commentary from sports journalists. In homage to this sadly …
The Same Forces Apply in College Sports
The coaching carousel that has enveloped the Big XII underscores a particular fact: the economic forces that shape competitive balance in the for-profit professional sports …
MLB and the Dominican Scouting Scandal
Lots of money, extreme poverty, ignorance and innocence. Bring these together and the situation is ripe for the exploitation of the poor, ignorant and innocent …
The Father of Sports Economics Passed Away Without Notice
In 1956, the Journal of Political Economy published Simon Rottenberg’s seminal piece in sports economics, “The Baseball Players’ Labor Market.” In researching a commemorative piece …
Everything has a Value
From the Indianapolis Star: Foot Locker, the biggest U.S. athletic-shoe retailer, signed a contract with the Los Angeles Lakers to advertise atop the mops used …
Supreme Court Agrees on One Thing — Regulating HS Sports OK
Last Thursday the Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous decision in the case of Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association v. Brentwood Academy. The Court upheld …
Racial Discrimination in the NBA
For Martin Luther King Day, Gregory Mankiw has published an excerpt from his textbook at his blog. The excerpt details research on the extent of …