Soccer

FIFA Soccer World Cup

FIFA: Money, Control, or Both

After goals not given, diving, low scoring, reds for nothing, penalties overlooked, … of the World Cup, arguably the strongest

Continue Reading
FIFA Soccer World Cup

Superb World Cup ‘Selection Bias’ Example

For all those economics professors and tutors out there who struggle to explain the crucial concept of ‘selection bias’, a

Continue Reading
english football league structure Soccer

Decline of Portsmouth… and the English PL

News reports in England imply that Portsmouth Football Club of the English Premier League, perhaps the richest league in world

Continue Reading
European football Soccer

Soccer, and Hell Freezing Over

A couple of weeks ago, my undergraduate seminar engaged in a discussion of Michael Allen Gillespie’s excellent essay “Players and

Continue Reading
FIFA Soccer World Cup

Wake Me Up When We Play Algeria

2-2 vs. Slovenia, and whew!  That was the most thrilling tie in American history.  We’re still alive!! As for the

Continue Reading
incetives Soccer

Tension between Winning and Costs: Brazil Edition

The UEFA European Football (Soccer) Championship kicks-offs tonight…but those who claim that this tournament is tougher to win than the

Continue Reading
FIFA Soccer South Africa World Cup

Mega-Events in Developing Nations

South Africa has spent at least $6 billion in preparations for this summer’s World Cup. How can a poor but

Continue Reading
governance government Soccer

Another Government Review of Australian Soccer

Last week, Australian government Minister for Sport, Senator Mark Arbib announced another Australian government review in to the affairs of

Continue Reading
Soccer

Applying Economics Research

First off, Congrats to Richard Thaler for winning the Nobel Prize in Economics!   Another piece of useful research that

Continue Reading
Soccer World Cup

World Cup Bid 2018/2022

Stephen J. Dubner blogged about a report I wrote about the 2018/2022 World Cup bid a group of Americans has

Continue Reading
Soccer Super Bowl

Football vs. Football

While the United States is focused this week on the Super Bowl, a report released today by the consulting firm

Continue Reading
Soccer

HOW MLS IS EMERGING AND HOW THE LEAGUE ATTRACTS SOME OF THE BIGGEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS

The sudden surge in popularity and sporadic growth of Major League Soccer (MLS) is without controversy one of the shocking

Continue Reading