Sophisticated Simple — The Secret of Jim Harbaugh’s Success?
Back in October, Yahoo! Sports’ Michael Silver explored the factors behind the turnaround of the San Francisco 49ers in “Harbaugh’s Formula of Success Hard to …
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The NFL’s Priorities
In terms of profits and TV exposure, the NFL appears to be the most successful sports league in North America. But I am starting to …
Threat Point – The Vikes
This week in Sports Economics I talked about the effect sports teams and sports stadiums have on their local economies (not much). That doesn’t keep …
NFL Work Rules
The Baltimore Ravens work their players too hard according to the NFL Players’ Association. The Baltimore Sun reports today that the Ravens are not allowed …
Tebow & Elway — Cousins?
After Peyton Manning’s visit with the Broncos, several articles have appeared regarding its meaning for Tim Tebow. The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay writes This …
Economic Impact and the Substitution Effect
Here at the Sports Economist, one criticism of economic impact reports we commonly make is that these studies rarely account for the “substitution effect.” While …
Market design and the NFL draft
Today’s WSJ has a good story on issues with the design of the NFL draft — good, with the exception of the silly title, “The …