Sports economists win Nobel prize
OK, not quite, but the work of Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson has much relevance to sports economics and the design of sporting …
Competition for Fans
The Baltimore Orioles are no longer just competing on the field with other teams, they are competing with the Washington Nationals for fans. They are …
London bids for Olympic record
Barely seventeen months after winning the bid, London looks set to deliver the most overbudget games in Olympic history. The bid document produced in 2005 …
Who Controls MLB Product?
While many in the media jumped on ump Joe West for his pushing of MLB’s speed of play initiative, Yahoo’s Tim Brown applauded: Umpires don’t …
The Government of Soccer
Today saw the publication of the recommendations for reform of the English Football Association (FA) following a review by Lord Terry Burns. Unlike the major …
What’s in a Conference Name … Increasingly Less
The latest round of conference shifting creates many angles for discussion. One question that a business school colleague posed is, why even have conferences anymore? …
Spring Games
Across the country, spring football practice is wrapping up. The last scrimmage is billed as the spring game and has become an annual event marking …
Golf, the International Language?
The LPGA announced today that starting in 2009 it would be requiring the players on its tour to be able to speak English. LPGA State …
European Commission White Paper: Economists 1 UEFA 0
The much awaited and repeatedly delayed European Commission white paper on sport was published today and delivered almost nothing that UEFA and some would-be sports …