A Little Bowl Politicking
What’s bowl season without a little politicking? The focus is college football but the look and sound are purely political. Taking a page from his …
Sports Econ Musings
A Real-Time Economic Indicator from Sports World: One of my colleagues returned from Talladega, reporting that crowds for the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races …
Fans as Inputs
After last night’s Twins/Tigers game – helluva game, no? – the announcers for TBS mentioned that the fans played a big part in the Twins …
Paul Samuelson Dead at 94
This is not sports-related, but it’s certainly economics-related. Paul Samuelson, the great liberal economist and Nobel laureate, has passed away at the age of 94. …
Teams Leave Before the Debt Does
The Red Sox want spiffier spring training digs in Fort Myers, Florida, and the locals of Lee County will oblige. After “kicking the tires” of …
What are the Shades of sporting success?
Colour psychology is something that has been researched for decades and theories say that colour does in fact influence perceptions and behaviourisms. It is because …
Sports and Human Capital
Mark Rosentraub, author of Major League Losers: The Real Cost Of Sports And Who’s Paying For It has changed his tune a bit lately. Yesterday …
Skill in Making MB=MC
On Yahoo! Charles Robinson writes about life in the NFL: … as cold as it may sound, those moves are exactly why the Patriots have …
Games at Work on Super Bowl Officials
The Super Bowl officiating has generated a loud buzz of activity, much of it centered on the “no-call” of holding against the Ravens on the …
College Football and the Threat Point
Doc, who’s spending the next few months teaching students econ in a castle in England has a great post on the difference between English football …