Serie B (and Maybe A) Match Fixing Scandal
Nick Watanabe over at the International Journal of Sport Finance Blog alerts us to a match fixing scandal in the Italian soccer league, Serie B, …
Free Agency for the Australian Football League?
The Australian Football League has arguably the most restrictive labour market regulations of any pro sport; a player draft, a (relatively hard) salary cap, and …
Weekend Wrapup
Quite a weekend in sports economics… Pittsburgh, San Diego, and Vegas There was an interesting finish in the game between the Chargers and the Steelers. …
Dominating the Country Club
Competitive balance in sports is among the most commonly discussed topics among sports economists. Three of the four most cited articles at the Journal of …
Steroid Use and MLB Policy:the prisoners’ dilemma
Major League Baseball owners and the MLB Players’ Association have reached an agreement that there will be more, and more random, testing for steroid use, …
Real Madrid and Sports Econ 101
So what do professional sports teams sell? Rivalry of course, and to have rivalry you have to have a rival. Real Madrid have broken the …
5th and Goal. What to do?
The infamous “Fifth Down game” of 1990 is forever in the annals of Missouri Tiger and Colorado Buffalo history. A good Colorado team, ranked No. …
Revenue Sharing and Salary Caps: Will the NFL End Up Like the Big XII?
Many folks point to the NFL revenue sharing system and its salary cap as the determinants behind the more-or-less balanced competition between the teams. As …
Tom Watson, Where Are You?
With a memorable Players yesterday and the U.S. Open one month out, I wanted to pose a question that has been on my mind for …
Blown Saves and Loss Minimization
Textbook economic models of firms typically begin with the assumption that firms make decisions in order to maximize profits. When a firm realizes that it …