Financial Problems at UC Berkeley
And it has nothing to do with the sorry state of the State Budget. I got an interesting cold call yesterday from a faculty member …
Underrated Sports: Three Events That Should Attract Bigger Audiences
Sports fans are spoilt for choice in 2018, with increased access to more sporting events than ever before. Television subscriptions, live streaming services and the …
Sports Leagues as Coasian Firms
Ronald Coase recently celebrated his 100th birthday. I read a few articles and posts from around the internet about Coase’s contributions to economic thought. One …
Coaches, GMs, and Reporters
The (Nashville) Tennessean’s Paul Kuharsky wrote a short piece about the Coach-GM relationship, specifically with regard to the Titans. He observes Sure, Coach Jeff Fisher …
Instant Replay, Technology, and the U.S. Open
It was only a matter of time. The U.S. Open will be the first Grand Slam event to review disputed calls electronically. … The technology …
England win Ashes
The England cricket team beat Australia 2-1 in the five match series that has been going on for the last two months, the final game …
PEDs and Quality of Competition
In a recent TSE post, Brian writes: The league’s testing procedure (“analytic evidence”) uncovered only 13 users from 2009 to the present. Yet, now there …
Anomalies: Super Bowl Coin Toss Betting
In terms of betting, the Super Bowl is one of the most popular events in the world. Sports books, as well as trading markets like …
$1 Billion for the New Orleans Saints
It has been widely reported (see this link and the original SI story) that a Canadian consortium, presumably based in Toronto, offered $1b for the …
The Perils of Revenue Sharing
This report from ESPN highlights one of the incentive problems associated with revenue sharing. According to leaked financial documents, the Pittsburgh Pirates, despite (or perhaps …