Compensation issues in the NFL
Today’s Baltimore Sun had articles on two distinct compensation issues for NFL players. The first article is about signing draft picks and the practice of …
FA Premier League rights: a new twist
I wrote a blog here on September 24th about the intervention of the competition authority in Brussels to prohibit the FAPL from selling more than …
How to Increase Your Winning Chances When Live Betting
Live betting is undoubtedly one of the most popular options available to sports bettors. It offers you a chance to make your predictions while the …
The Stadium Game Continues in Minnesota
New Vikings owner Zigi Wilf has announced a rough estimate on the cost of a new stadium for his new team: Minnesota House Speaker Steve …
MLB revenue sharing and stadium financing
Readers of the Sports Economist are likely to be familiar with revenue sharing in professional sports. Leagues have different approaches to sharing revenues, and the …
Averse to Winning
Kansas City Chief’s Dick Vermeil made a call that few coaches are willing to make. Peter King describes it in his SI.com column: Five seconds …
Sponsorship envy
Brian Urlacher was fined $100,000 for wearing a hat bearing the logo of Vitaminwater, a competitor of Gatorade, at the media day for the Super …
I Left My Olympic Bid in San Francisco
The recent collaspe of plans to refurbish or rebuild the San Francisco 49er’s stadium (which will always be known in my mind as Candlestick Park, …
More on the Economics of Bowl Games
Inside Higher Ed reports that a number of teams participating in bowl games will not be taking the marching band, as well as reducing the …
NFL Scheduling and Competitive Balance
In this paper (now forthcoming, JSE: doi: 10.1177/1527002512471538), it was shown that for every single year after the expansion to 32 teams in 2002 (until …