Eagles Win is a Victory for Analytics
Bill Belechick and the Patriots are well known for eschewing traditional choice modes both on the field and in the draft. But their opponent, and victor in yesterday's Super Bowl, ...Despite what the NFL will tell you, hosting the Super Bowl is not good for ...
Here's my piece at the Washington Examiner on the simple economics of the Super Bowl: http://washex.am/2jPxOxJ Bottom line: Mega-events displace other economic activity, business visitors, conventions, and other travel ...Don't Forget the Leakages
I think it's well-known among our readers that the staff members of TSE aren't big fans of "economic impact" studies... the a-priori kind, such as the one discussed in this LA Times ...NFL Coaching Lottery 2014 Edition
The firing and replacement of NFL head coaches has ended with seven slots filled. Three of them (Jim Caldwell, Lovie Smith, Ken Whisenhunt) led teams in the past and four ...NFL Scheduling and Competitive Balance
In this paper (now forthcoming, JSE: doi: 10.1177/1527002512471538), it was shown that for every single year after the expansion to 32 teams in 2002 (until 2011), the NFL was even ...The NFL to Member Teams: All Your Los Angeleses are Belong to Us
When the most recent print version of the Sports Business Journal arrived at Chez Miller, an above the fold headline read: "NFL: We Have Final Say in L.A." with a ...Games at Work on Super Bowl Officials
The Super Bowl officiating has generated a loud buzz of activity, much of it centered on the "no-call" of holding against the Ravens on the 4th down from the 5 ...4th Downs and Beyond: Coaches as Optimizers
Ran across a recent piece on the evolution of Jason Garrett's playing calling by Jonathan Bales of DC Times (an analytics based blog on the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL). ...Option in NFL: Zvi Griliches One More Time
In everyday usage "technological change" often references changes to machinery of some sort. Among economists, the term refers to changes in the methods of production, "know how," in whatever form. ...Farewell to Bad Calls or Just Less Complaining?
Maybe I just enjoy defending the dead horse that keeps getting kicked or the indefensible (like Monday's Nights call against the Packers), but here goes one last post as the ...
