Interest In The NFL Will Skyrocket This Season
Professional football will benefit from the increasing number of states that have legalized sports betting By Alexander Chan Sports betting is now legal in some capacity in 22 states and ...Is the NFL Ready for the New Season?
NFL Schedule is a Series of Moving Parts Coaches were recently allowed back inside their training facilities and offices but there are still limits on how many employees may be ...Arbitration in Burress' Future
In a case that somewhat reminded me of the Terrell Owens case in 2005, Plaxico Burress has been suspended by the NFL's NY Giants for, among other things, harming his ...American Needle v. NFL Oral Arguments
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the American Needle v. National Football League case yesterday. The central issue in the case, whether or not the NFL is a "single ...Singletary v. Madden on Management
The San Francisco 49ers won their first game yesterday, beating their even more hapless cross-Bay rivals, the Oakland Raiders. The Niners' head coach, Mike Singletary, took over from Mike Nolan ...A Gathering Storm?
A case currently before the US Supreme Court could have a huge impact on professional sports and sports fans in North America. The case, American Needle v. NFL, started out ...Sports Commissioners in the "Gangster" Era
"I talked to that whole staff. I said this is my city. I'm cut from a different cloth. None of them guys on their team is like me. I let ...Head Shots: Part of the Game?
The anticipated move by the NFL to use suspensions to penalize (some) and deter "head shots" to players has already generated substantial feedback. On ESPN Monday Night Steve Young, Trent ...The "Favre Effect"
The Favre effect is in full swing, and this short AP article gives some numbers to things I alluded to in my post below. The Vikes have sold 3,000 season ...Super Bowl Betting Recap
The results are in, and Super Bowl XLV was not super for Vegas sports books. The Packers were a three point favorite in the game, and the line didn't move ...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). ...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 ...
