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 …
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 …