McFadden Finds His Match
Yahoo! Sports’ Michael Silver chronicles the emergence of Darren McFadden into the elite of NFL running backs over the past two seasons. While his success …
Yahoo! Sports’ Michael Silver chronicles the emergence of Darren McFadden into the elite of NFL running backs over the past two seasons. While his success …
A few observations on the NFL “replacement ref” situation: 1. The locked-out refs hold a very weak bargaining position. Unlike the players, the refs possess …
With the NFL regular season having reached its (customarily gripping) climax moments ago, sports economists will take note, as usual, of the within-season competitive balance …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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