Weekend Wrapup
Quite a weekend in sports economics... Pittsburgh, San Diego, and Vegas There was an interesting finish in the game between the Chargers and the Steelers. On the last play of ...Revenue Sharing and Salary Caps: Will the NFL End Up Like the Big XII?
Many folks point to the NFL revenue sharing system and its salary cap as the determinants behind the more-or-less balanced competition between the teams. As we edge closer to a ...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 ...Implicit Bounties?
Dennis Coates' post considered the serious nature of the Saints' bounty system and foreshadowed the stunning response by the league that is now the buzz of sports websites and blogs ...Young-McNabb, Fisher-Shanahan, and Media Inconsistency
Most NFL writers trashed Vince Young's after his shoulder-pad throwing, walking out on Jeff Fisher blowup on Sunday. The grilling ranged from moderate such as SI.com's Peter King And though ...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 ...Coaches & Risk-Taking
Manning over Tebow. Ok, that's an easy choice in the short term. Surprisingly from Tebow's wins-losses, but not surprisingly from coaching practices, little interest in a trade for Tebow existed ...Sports Economists Weigh in on American Needle v. NFL
Earlier this week I described the American Needle v. NFL case that will soon be argued before the Supreme Court. The most recent filing in the case is an amicus ...The First Two Data Points Say "...mmm, I'm Not Sure Yet"
The new NFL overtime rule, see page 111 (introduced last season for playoff games only) finally became binding in the current playoff series two weeks ago, and then for a second time yesterday. Of most interest ...NFL Even MORE Competitively Balanced (Yet Again)
Further to an earlier post one year ago to the day, the same result occurred upon conclusion of the 2011 NFL season as in EVERY previous season since the re-alignment to 32 teams ...Black Sunday in Vegas
Yahoo Sports columnist Dan Wetzel had an interesting column yesterday about the beating that Vegas sports books are taking on NFL games this season. The "standard" model of sportsbook behavior ...NBA on NHL Path, Not NFL
John Chick from Canada's CBC sports nailed the NBA lockout situation: The impetus for the lockout was the owners deciding the league's current financial system was unsustainable. Bettman wanted a ...
