How We Develop Basketball Talent
Today’s WSJ has a review of the book, Play Their Hearts Out, by SI reporter George Dohrman. The book examines
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player development
Soccer
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NFL; statistics
statistical innovation
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
- by Brian Goff
- February 13, 2020
Watching NBA highlights last night on NBATV, I stumbled across this video story on the 2010 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics
labor markets
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Sports Econ Musings
- by Brian Goff
- January 18, 2020
A Real-Time Economic Indicator from Sports World: One of my colleagues returned from Talladega, reporting that crowds for the Sprint
incetives
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nhl
If It’s Broke, Why Not Fix It?
- by Brian Goff
- January 7, 2020
While spending the fall semester on the West Coast, I attended the MPSF Water Polo championships. (MPSF stands for Mountain
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salaries
salary cap
An Economist’s Quick Thoughts on the LeBron James Decision
- by Skip Sauer
- January 5, 2020
LeBron James is catching a torrent of criticism over his decision to leave his “hometown team”, the Cleveland Cavaliers, for
Competitive Balance
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The Short Supply of Tall People is Getting Longer
- by Phil Miller
- December 20, 2019
From a past entry from Dave Berri’s Wages of Wins Journal: The statement about competitive balance reflects an argument offered
General
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Carmelo: Subtraction by Addition (So Far)
- by Brian Goff
- December 6, 2019
Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post doesn’t exactly offer a resounding endorsement of the February 21 NY Knicks acquisition
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Operating Losses in the NBA
- by Phil Miller
- August 27, 2019
From an article entitled “A confidential report shows nearly half the NBA lost money last season. Now what?” from ESPN.com:
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referees
NBA Locks Out Referees
- by Brad Humphreys
- August 14, 2019
Labor relations in professional sports are notoriously contentious. Nobody gets along. Players strike, owners lock out players, referees strike, owners
LeBron James
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sportsmanship
Economics of Sportsmanship
- by Brian Goff
- June 2, 2019
Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski blasted LeBron James for his behavior after the Magic series and his “explanation” of it the
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referee scandal
strikes and lockouts
ticket pricing
Bringing the Game Back – The Role of Prices
- by Phil Miller
- May 23, 2019
Responding to some of the doomers and gloomers who see the NBA going to hell in a handbasket, Dave Berri
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“Termination Risk and Agency Problems: Evidence from the NBA”
- by Phil Miller
- May 18, 2019
Here’s a link to new working paper by Alma Cohen, Nadav Levy, and Roy Sasson. Here is the abstract. When