Hold Your Bets
A three judge federal appeals court ruled today that betting on individual football games in Delaware is illegal, according to an Associated Press report. The …
Football in a competitive marketplace
Interesting article in The Age (Melbourne) on the state of the ‘football wars’ in Australia. Four codes (Australian football, rugby league, rugby union, soccer), 21 …
What is the Marginal Revenue Product* of Barry Bonds?
Barry Bonds becomes a free agent at the end of this season. Suppose the following: There is a freely competitive bidding market for his services, …
How Seriously Do Teams Take the NFL Combine?
SI.com’s Andrew Perloff recently complained that NFL team’s put too much weight on “Combine” workouts in his “Combine Craziness,” You’d think in this day and …
Selling Naming Rights to the Spring Game in College Football
Among the title or presenting sponsors: The Dish Network Orange and White Game at Tennessee, the Golden Flake A-Day Game at Alabama (Children’s Hospital, the …
The complexities of Olympic cost benefit analysis
“On the Olympics she was telling me it was an enormous opportunity. Think of the impact on our young people, on fitness, on sport, on …
Here’s All You Need to Know About Watching Thursday Night Football in 2018
The 2018 season for the NFL’s Thursday Night Football has just kicked off, which means its time to start tracking your favorite teams and getting …
Competing for basketball and football players
In its written response to a Congressional inquiry over its tax-exempt status, the NCAA reveals that it spends more than twice as much per male …
Southern Football
I apologize for this posting – it is really a comment on the earlier post by Brian about the Wall Street Journal article explaining the …
easyMarkets Joins Other Reputable Brands with the Real Betis Balompié Sponsorship
Trading and football seem to have many things in common, as easyMarkets is another important company signing an important sponsorship contract. Announced on the company’s …