RIP Thomas Roberts
Thomas Roberts, the arbitrator who found MLB teams had colluded in the free agent market in the mid 1980’s (and who was fired twice by …
Arena malarky in my backyard
Baltimore city and Maryland state officials announced this week the intention to build a new 18,500 seat arena on the site of the existing First …
Congratulations to Skip!
Skip Sauer, our illustrious leader and the founder of thesporteconomist.com, has been elected as president of the North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE). NAASE …
NFL Teams Too Clever By One-Half?
In their bestselling book on applications of game theory (Thinking Strategically), Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff add a personal account of game theory gone wrong. …
Public Employee Database Collection
People have increasingly made life easier for researchers by utilizing the internet. This morning, North Carolina State’s Craig Newmark linked to two sites that will …
Non-profits Often Behave Like For-Profits
This morning’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article on the Southlake (Tx) Carroll Dragons football program. Southlake, a suburb of Fort Worth, is a wealthy …
Product Endorsement Issues
In today’s world, product endorsements are big business, especially for athletes. Companies line up to offer sports stars lucrative deals in exchange for their image, …
Sports Porkulus
There has been some speculation around here lately about how much of the stimulus money will go to professional sports. Interestingly, there was an attempt …
Sports Illustrated Notes The Sports Economist
Do you know this man? Of course you do, this is Skip Sauer, the man most responsible for The Sports Economist – the very blog …
The Vince Young Show
Two observations about last night’s Rose Bowl. 1) Many articles around the country joined this one from SI.com in stating the obvious Young Steals the …