Keep Those Subsidies Flowing
The stadium game refers to the prisoners’ dilemma-type game played by cities in their quest to attract/keep sports teams, a subject frequently touched on here …
What’s a Name Worth?
Go to Amazon.com today and you can buy an official Nike “US Soccer” jersey on sale for $78.99. For a mere $35.00, the clothing manufacturer …
NFL Coaching & Race
Race and sports along with race and many other topics is a very sensitive topic. My post here grows out of a recent article by …
Predicting the Fall in the Spring
Like all sports fans, I want to know the future. I don’t want to wait around until October to see who will win the World …
NY Attendance
The NY Times has an article today on shortfalls in attendance at the two new stadiums in NY. I like this quote: The empty seats …
More on Using the Airline Model of Pricing to Price Tickets
Matt Phillips at a Wall Street Journal blog called “Middle Seat Terminal” takes up this TSE post on the San Francisco Giants using the airline …
Bowl "Location" & Congestion
Skip’s college bowl post brought to mind my wife’s puzzlement over why big college bowls are so spread out after New Year’s Day. Maybe her …
NFL Betting Tips For You
Betting in the World of football involves investing in the capability of one team over the other. This is done via the sense of prediction …
Playoff Roulette
Jeffrey Beckmann at BleacherReport presents a slideshow of the “50 Best Teams” not to win a World Series. Of the teams on this side of …
Twins Officials Acknowledge Lack of Economic Boost from Stadiums
The main players in the Minnesota Twins’ bid to get public funding for a new stadium have dropped the economic impact argument. They acknowledge what …