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Weekend Wrapup

Quite a weekend in sports economics… Pittsburgh, San Diego, and Vegas There was an interesting finish in the game between

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Big 12 NCAA; college sports; football NFL Revenue Sharing; Competitive Balance salary cap

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

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NFL referees

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 Night’s call against

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NFL

Implicit Bounties?

Dennis Coates’ post considered the serious nature of the Saints’ bounty system and  foreshadowed the stunning response by the league

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NFL Super Bowl

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

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General NFL

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

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antitrust NFL

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.

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NFL rules strategy

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

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Competitive Balance NFL

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

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Gambling NFL

Black Sunday in Vegas

Yahoo Sports columnist Dan Wetzel had an interesting column yesterday about the beating that Vegas sports books are taking on

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Brett Favre marginal revenue product NFL

Is Brett Favre Worth $25 million over 2 Years?

If you live in a hole or do not follow American sports whatsoever, then you may have missed the big

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antitrust NFL

American Needle Decision 9-0

The Supreme Court ruled on the American Needle Case yesterday.  In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the court ruled that, when

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