Politics and Budgets in NFL playing time?
Listening to the pregame radio broadcast of the Ravens-Steelers game tonight I heard radio announcers make an assertion I found hard to believe. I wonder …
NFL First Rounders: Paid Too Much or Too Little?
After the NFL draft, Joel Rose, a reporter from Marketplace asked me about the high salaries of first rounders and whether a rookie pay scale …
“Own the Podium”? Why bother?
The 2010Winter Olympics will soon begin in Vancouvre, BC, and environs. In the media build-up that is taking place in Canada, we are beginning to …
They Stand, We Sit
From the WSJ (HT to my colleague Ishuan Li) comes a story about why world soccer fans prefer to stand and US sports fans sit. …
Trials Hangover for U.S. Track?
USA Track & Field to Conduct Comprehensive Review of all Programs (Reuters wire story via ESPN.com: The United States will conduct a post-mortem into a …
Ticket Prices and Team Quality
The Kansas City Royals have raised ticket prices for next season by 15%. This announcement comes on the heels of another not-so stellar season. It …
Is an exit fee a barrier to entry?
The big news out of the ACC is that Noitre Dame has been unanimously voted in as a member of the conference… in every sport …
I Guess Sports Economists Will Always Have A Job…
My favorite principles teacher used to start all of his “real world” lessons with, “I guess economists will always have a job.” He would then …
NBA Locks Out Referees
Labor relations in professional sports are notoriously contentious. Nobody gets along. Players strike, owners lock out players, referees strike, owners lock out referees; it happens …
The Cost to Punting
Brian Burke (admin of Advanced NFL Stats) posted a very insightful piece on Deadspin (and also Slate) regarding the slow evolution in the punt/go-for-it decision …