Ashes to Ashes
It’s Ashes times again, the historic cricket contest between England and Australia played every two years, alternating between the two nations. Australia have long dominated …
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Rents Accrue; Rents Get Collected
College athletes, themselves, are prohibited from collecting their value. But that value accrues, nonetheless. Most would agree that the excess of a college player’s marginal …
Bad Economics from FIFA
Today, FIFA have confirmed they made $3.655 billion from the World Cup in South Africa. President Sepp Blatter said that the figures proved it was the …
Beat The Pre-Season Poll, Win A Beer
Prior to the beginning of the BCS chase, a posting by Dave Berri prompted me to offer the following bet: I’d buy anybody a beer …
Rational Irrationality in Professional Football
A few years ago David Romer – and economist at UC Berkeley – posted a paper on-line examining the decisions NFL coaches made on fourth …
“Fair” Shares in the NFL
Well-connected NFL observers and writers predict a work stoppage, although 11th hour settlements are not uncommon. When the talk of breakdown in the NFL’ s …
NBA Age Limit
An age limit, such as the NFL’s, has been tossed around by the NBA. The success of the NFL in withstanding the court challege from …
Brian Davis’ Grizzly Bid
The story of ex-Duke basketballer Brian Davis’ bid to purchase the Memphis Grizzlies has been brewing for a while. Grizzlies blogs started mentioning it over …
From Premier League to World League
Following on Skip’s post of yesterday, it appears that the EPL may have been a bit hasty in announcing their international schedule, since FIFA, the …
More on Athletic Success and Donations
Bowl season is finally over. We know who was successful on the field — my alma mater West Virginia University, for one — but what …