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 …
Yanks Close in on New Home
From the NY Times: The New York Yankees are reportedly close to an agreement with city and state officials to build a new stadium. The …
Vikings Stadium Issue
I posted this over at Market Power but it has much relevance for The Sports Economist. From today’s St. Paul Pioneer Press: Anoka County is …
Four on Facilities in Major College Football
As we end the near of this football bowl season, here are four links on facilities in college sports. Being like Boise: the Nevada Wolfpack …
Glendale Substitutes Hockey for Water?
Via Chris Tozzo comes this gem from Glendale, Az. Money earmarked for city services such as water and sewer now sits in an escrow account …
The kids are alright
It’s easy to think that baseball and cricket and football and soccer have nothing in common, but two stories from the past two days illustrate …
Call For Papers – IX Gijon Conference of Sports Economics “Neale Golden Anniversary”
Note: the deadline for abstract submission is Feb. 15, less than two weeks away. Here is the CFP: CALL FOR PAPERS IX GIJON CONFERENCE ON …
A College Lesson for the NBA?
Refreshingly, the NBA playoffs so far have escaped the 75-point clutch-and-grab purgatory of the past decade. Still, according the Nielsen data reported on Zapt2it, 3.3 …
Football and University Priorities
At Northeastern, a private university in Boston, the college football model wasn’t working very well. Expenses averaged $3.5 million, and attendance was just 1,600 fans per …