The NFL Evaluates Kickers Incorrectly
Aaron Schatz – of Football Outsiders fame – has penned an interesting Keeping Score column in today’s New York Times. The column makes a simple, …
NAASE sessions at the 2016 MVEA’s
Michael Davis, Nick Watanabe, and I are organizing North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE) sessions at this fall’s Missouri Valley Economics Association (MVEA) annual …
What if Nobody Scores?
In the 1982 ACC Championship Game between UNC and UVA, Dean Smith shifts to his “four corners” attack with 13 minutes to go and leading …
Reggie Roby has Passed
From Collegesports.com: Reggie Roby, an all-American punter at the University of Iowa and a 16-year veteran of the National Football League, passed away Tuesday at …
Sunday Beer Sales at the Ballpark
E. Frank Stephenson at DOL writes on an attempt to allow Sunday beer sales at minor league baseball games in Georgia: The legislative kerfuffle over …
“The Economic Impact of Cardinals Postseason on St. Louis is Unclear”
I’ll admit right out of the box that I was excited, as only a sports economist can be, when I read the headline to this …
World Cup Tourist Numbers
The South African Tourism and Migration Report for June 2010 was published today, and facinating reading it makes. Table 3 shows that 721,311 tourists entered …
Cubsidies: The Cubbies Want in on the Subsidy Action
The ownership of the Chicago cubs want to restore Wrigley Field and, surprise, surprise, surprise, they want public funding. Here’s Phil Rogers of the Chicago …
It’s Still Good to Be the Cupcake
I’ve written before on cupcakes in college football (see here as well). You know the cupcake. The team expected to lay down in front of …
Hockey’s (Purportedly) Extremely Hard Salary Cap
Tonight, as I was driving home, I listened to Sportsnet’s discussion of the “hard” salary cap. The participants all agreed that the contract has a …