My nominee for NFL player that “gets it”
The Baltimore Sun prints interviews with players each week. This past Sunday the spotlight was on Derrick Mason. Here is my favorite part of the …
What Is the Price Elasticity of Demand for NFL Network?
Gregg Easterbrook of ESPN knows. It’s greater than one (in absolute value): The NFL’s insistence on asking too much for its channel is yet another …
A “Record of Sunny Forecasts”
Interesting story in the Watchdog column of the San Diego Union Tribune about a consultant, Conventions Sports & Leisure International, that has a “record of …
Mayors Gone Wild
When I picked up my copy of the Chicago Tribune this morning, I had to check to see if it was April Fools Day. There …
More Death Throes for the Big XII?
Yesterday I posted that the Big XII is an unstable conference, but I thought it unlikely that it would dissolve. Perhaps I was being optimistic, …
The More Things Change …
CBS college basketball analyst and former coach (Manhattan, Villanova, UMAss), Steve Lappas made this (paraphrased) observation over the weekend: The game has changed. We used …
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. …