NFL Bounties and the Law
With all the news reports about players and coaches on the New Orleans Saints having a system of side payments for knocking opposing players out …
Optimal Size of the Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup has now progressed past the Pool Stage, with the Quarter-Finals to be played this coming weekend. Hosts New Zealand look to be in …
Ballplayers and Bankers
Cartoonist Ruben Bolling riffs on President Obama’s recent comparison of bonuses for bankers and baseball players “who are making more than that and don’t get …
MVP, MRP, and MPP
Judging from what I hear, see, and read, there will once again be some controversy about who should be selected as the Most Valuable Players …
Can Kansas City’s Sprint Center Attract a Major Sports Tenant?
The Sprint Center in Kansas City was built partly to attract either an NBA or NHL franchise. Three years on, the gleaming arena has no …
Hockey & Cartels
So the season is canceled. It does appear that the Bettman-ownership stance was a hard cap or bust. Their supposed soft cap number was so …
Tiger Financial Fallout
How much will Tiger lose in income from recent negative publicity? This has been subject of considerable speculation around our hallways and on the web. …
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, …