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The announcement this week that the Premier League had raised £625 million (almost $1250 million at today’s exchange rate) from the sale overseas broadcast rights …
The announcement this week that the Premier League had raised £625 million (almost $1250 million at today’s exchange rate) from the sale overseas broadcast rights …
As of 2018, the sportswear market was worth around 167.7 billion US dollars. Now in 2019, the market has experienced significant growth. A growth that …
On August 7 Dave Berri posted, “A Simple Test for Those Ranking College Football Teams.” On pre-season Division IA football rankings, he says: “My sense …
The deadline for proposals for NAASE sessions at this year’s MVEA annual meeting in Memphis has been extended to August 10th, 2018. For more information, …
Assessing the intangible impact of sports has become an important area of research in the past few years. Most research tries to document, or value …
Yesterday the New York Times reported that a bill to legalize internet gambling is making progress in Congress. I would love to be able to …
I was delighted when Skip Sauer invited Phil Miller at Market Power and me to join him here at The Sports Economist blog. I have …
Craig Newmark wonders why first-round NFL draftee holdouts follow this strategy if they end up, on average, worse off: Gregg Easterbrook argues that first-round NFL …
After my futile attempt to secure tickets to the USC-Ohio State game (Ticketless Trojan), a friend passed along a copy of Dixieland Delight: A Football …
Arkansas QB Matt Jones has astonished NFL scouts and reporters by running sub 4.4 40s, vertical jumping 40 inches, standing broad jumpng over 10 feet, …
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