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"Yankee Premium" Updates
In 2005 I explored the "Yankee Premium, how much of the Yankee payroll reflected a revenue advantage relative to the rest of baseball and how much reflected the ability of ... -
Anthony Rizzo's Call Up: Was the Timing a Good Signal for Cubs Fans?
The man that many consider the Cubs top prospect, slugging first baseman Anthony Rizzo, made his Cubs debut Tuesday against the Mets. Prior to that, he had spent the entire ... -
A Poem for Marvin Miller
"Flag at Half Mast", by Ed DeCaria at The Hardball Times. Very well done, for a truly great man. -
Franchise tag economics
The NFL is approaching the deadline after which players become free agents, and are able to negotiate with other teams. The salary cap puts teams in the position of having ... -
Income Caps Create Unequal Teams
So argues Daniel Frank in his piece "Inequality in the NBA". Here are a couple of his observations: As American politics gets consumed by discussions on income inequality, a similar ... -
Indian Premier League Spend/thrift
The 2011 Indian Premier League cricketer auction took place on the weekend. This event is a fascinating economic exercise on so many levels, and not just because of the auction framework, ... -
An Economist's Quick Thoughts on the LeBron James Decision
LeBron James is catching a torrent of criticism over his decision to leave his "hometown team", the Cleveland Cavaliers, for the Miami Heat. As an economist, and a sports fan, I ... -
An Application of the Backwards Bending Supply Curve
The law of supply says that when the price of a good rises, all else equal, the quantity supplied of that good also rises. Applied to labor markets, the more ... -
NFL Uncapped Year
The NFLPA and the NFL are negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement. As you may know, the NFL decided that it would not extend the current CBA set to expire ... -
AFL-AFLPA CBA negotiations drag on as Grand Final approaches
As key trigger dates for unilateral termination approach, the most recent round of offers in the collective bargaining negotiations between the Australian Football League (AFL) and the AFL Players’ Association ... -
NFL Retirees & the CBA
We've posted on this before, long ago: too many former NFL players spend their retirement years with varying degrees of physical discomfort, disability, and crippling injuries. It amazes me that ... -
Dead Money in Baseball
Today's LA Times has an interesting article on the subject of contracts gone bad in baseball. As used in the baseball world, the term "dead money," is analogous to the economic concept ...
