The Politics of Bowling, Fiesta Style
The Arizona Republic has an interesting article on the Fiesta Bowl. The author, Craig Harris, argues that bowl employees were urged by Fiesta Bowl executives …
The World of Poker
Poker Is A Wonderful Sport Poker is fascinating to me for many different reasons. We know that poker brings about great opportunities to use our …
Taxing Slow Play
Time is valuable even for sports fans. The Masters is one of my favorite sports events (even if run by an all-male club) but watching …
Forget ‘Fab Four’, Men’s Tennis Still More Competitive
As the Australian Open approaches the business end, this year’s instalment has developed a palpable sense of familiarity of recent years about it. Each of …
New Journal: International Journal of Sport Policy
A colleague of mine on the editorial board of this new journal has alerted me to the impending debut of the International Journal of Sport …
Stadium Issues Everywhere
The Western Economics Association is meeting this week in Honolulu for its annual conference. Many contributors to The Sports Economist are on hand discussing such …
The Economic Impact of the 2008 Women’s Final Four
Here. “The Women’s Final Four has once again shown it is a proven winner on and off the court,” said Sue Donohoe, NCAA vice president …
Will cricket outpay soccer?
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is creating some interesting financial headlines. Today at foxsports.com.au and in the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper, the head of the …
Football Season Begins!…well, not quite yet
Last week the Argentine Football Association delayed the start of the season because most of the clubs are bankrupt- they owe wages to the players …
NCAA Conference Realignment Update
The other shoe has dropped. Friday night, the ACC had 12 members; by Sunday morning it had 14, completing the partial 2005 pillaging of the …