College Basketball Referee Compensation
John Feinstein has an interesting column in today’s Washington Post about David Hall, a college basketball referee. Sports officiating, even at the elite level, is …
How Much Does the Super Bowl Cost?
The NFL claims cities that host the Super Bowl see between $300 to $500 million of influx to their economy. The most talked-about report so …
On the Importance of Competitive Balance
Also posted at WagesofWins.com The first round of the NBA playoffs ended on Saturday night. In eight first-round match-ups the team with the best regular …
Sports “Codes” and Society
Big League Stew recently posted an article from Jason Turbow on “The ‘Code’: Ten Unwritten Baseball Rules,” drawing from his book, The Baseball Codes. He …
More ways to hate the NCAA
Crossposted at SCSU Scholars. As noted by Joanne Jacobs, some student-athletes in Florida are using private high schools to skirt eligibility rules for college football. …
Your antennae have to rise…
{Crossposted at SCSU Scholars.} …whenever you hear about business people and government officials getting together to discuss money. So word yesterday that Zygi Wilf and …
The Tall and the Short of It
Tall men earn more than short men, according to a paper (subscription required) recently published in the Journal of Political Economy, a prominent economics journal. …
A measure of success
I’d like to connect two ideas – the sensitivity of pay to performance and the quality of the England soccer team. I have long argued …
More on Fans as Inputs
In the comments to my piece yesterday regarding fans as inputs, Rob MacDonald pointed out a study showing that home crowds can affect official decision …
NFL Work Rules
The Baltimore Ravens work their players too hard according to the NFL Players’ Association. The Baltimore Sun reports today that the Ravens are not allowed …