4th Downs and Beyond: Coaches as Optimizers
Ran across a recent piece on the evolution of Jason Garrett’s playing calling by Jonathan Bales of DC Times (an analytics based blog on the …
Stadium Improvements in Women’s Athletic Programs
The AP is reporting that the University of Missouri is on its way to building a new softball stadium to house the university softball program. …
College Coaches’ Salaries and Free(?) Markets
A common response from D-IA ADs about escalating coaches salaries is that they are simply “meeting the market.” John Genzale of the Sports Business Journal …
Economic power and sports success
Yesterday the US Men’s national team wound up a successful Gold Cup, the biannual North American soccer championship, by beating Panama 1-0 in the title …
I’ll Have What He’s Having: Curious Contract Provisions in the NCAA
The job of a sports agent is to get the best contract terms for his/her client. The best/most notorious is Scott Boras, famous for his …
Stadium Debt
Stadium debt, in some cases, hangs around a lot longer than the teams that once played in them. From the Houston Chronicle comes this story …
NFL Pensions update
The NFL and NFLPA appear to have been very generous toward the retired players. It was announced that $120 million would be added to the …
It’s not cricket, it’s murder
The Jamaican Police revealed today that Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach who died on Sunday, was strangled in his hotel room. There is no …
The Economy and the Olympics
There’s an article on the front page of today’s Denver Post about the effect of the stumbling economy on the Olympics: Although the Olympic flame …
Beijing Olympic Games Open
The opening ceremonies of the Beijing Summer Olympic games are today. I wrote a short article for the July/August issue of Foreign Policy on some …