Hey, honey, I have options
While the Minnesota Legislature seemed willing to spend money like Michael Jordan, one thing it didn’t buy was the new plan for a Vikings stadium. …
Coca Cola Promotion: Will It Work?
According to Sports Illustrated (item #10 on this list), Coca-Cola began selling some 200 million specially designed cans offering U.K. soccer fans a chance to …
More Reasons to Dislike the Irish
With a Southern California birth and a youth spent in North Texas, I grew up pulling for USC and Southwest Conference teams. To a kid …
(Weird) Politics as Usual
Governance organizations often behave in strange ways even when they are not “governments” in the common usage of the term. In the past, I’ve written …
The Big Easy’s MNF + 1 Week
I went bipolar watching Monday Night Footbal last week. On the one hand, growing up in NE Texas, I was close enough to New Orleans …
*#@*#%Tradeoffs!
Decisions imply tradeoffs. Sports economics provides so many clear examples. Often, these tradeoffs are awefully hard to judge accurately because they require speculation about what …
Government Complaint Against Rod Blagojevich Regarding Public Funding for the Cubs
Rarely do we see the behind-the-scenes maneuvers when it comes to government and the sports business, but this arrest of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has …
Who Needs Fans?
This article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal highlights one Italian soccer team’s attempts to deal with empty seats: fill them with cardboard cutouts. Unlike the …
Proposed Changes to the Japanese Posting System
The Nippon Professional Baseball players’ union has agreed to some changes in the Japanese Posting system that allows some NPB players to negotiate with MLB …
The Economics of the World Series
The World Series is more than just baseball’s crowning event; it’s a financial juggernaut that drives significant economic activity across various sectors. From ticket sales …