Bad Economics from FIFA
Today, FIFA have confirmed they made $3.655 billion from the World Cup in South Africa. President Sepp Blatter said that the figures proved it was the …
A Report From the Cutting Edge
This just in: remember that image of baseball front office types as slow-witted dinosaurs who had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the twentieth …
Coaching Ambition and Folly
As WKU recently endured a humiliating home beatdown by Louisville, my thoughts turned to one of the assistant coaches on the Louisville bench — Ralph …
Beat The Pre-Season Poll, Win A Beer
Prior to the beginning of the BCS chase, a posting by Dave Berri prompted me to offer the following bet: I’d buy anybody a beer …
Rational Irrationality in Professional Football
A few years ago David Romer – and economist at UC Berkeley – posted a paper on-line examining the decisions NFL coaches made on fourth …
The Replacements
A few observations on the NFL “replacement ref” situation: 1. The locked-out refs hold a very weak bargaining position. Unlike the players, the refs possess …
“Fair” Shares in the NFL
Well-connected NFL observers and writers predict a work stoppage, although 11th hour settlements are not uncommon. When the talk of breakdown in the NFL’ s …
NBA Age Limit
An age limit, such as the NFL’s, has been tossed around by the NBA. The success of the NFL in withstanding the court challege from …
TSE Halloween Edition
Interesting article in the WaPo about the practice of scattering cremated remains at sports venues. Sports teams in the US clearly want nothing to do …
Brian Davis’ Grizzly Bid
The story of ex-Duke basketballer Brian Davis’ bid to purchase the Memphis Grizzlies has been brewing for a while. Grizzlies blogs started mentioning it over …