Report: Lower Ticket Prices for Women’s Basketball is Due to Institutional Sexism
From the Chronicle of Higher Ed.: “Colleges charge a premium for admission to see males play, even when women’s basketball teams are ranked as among …
The Growth Rate of NCAA Coaches Compensation
I subscribe to the Daily Dose at sportsbusinessnews.com (a compilation by Howard Bloom of sports business articles). On 12/24/05, an interesting tidbit on NCAA basketball …
The Short Term Impact of Making the Final Four
Getting to the Final Four last year has, apparently, been good for the good folks at George Mason: (GMU President Alan) Merten said there were …
Defining Game "Fixing"
ESPN’s Marc Stein offers a stinging critique of the NBA in his NBA Has No Quick Fix for Donaghy Charges. Stein doesn’t really buy the …
The Future of the NHL
The National Hockey League owners and players meet again on Monday. The two sides haven’t met since March 17 in New York, when the NHLPA …
Battle over TV Rights
Peter Angelos and Major League Baseball officials are still duking it out: The control of broadcast rights to the Baltimore-Washington region is at the center …
Does Using Chopsticks Help One Become a Better Golfer?
From the Asiapundit: Korean female golfers continue to excel in the Lady’s Professional Golf Association (LPGA). In fact out of the top 30 female professional …
Internalizing Fan Externalities
The out-of-control fan problem has concerned me for quite a while. Taking two teenage daughters along to many sporting events is about the equivalent of …
Al Roth on the BCS
Here’s Al Roth at Market Design: College football doesn’t host playoffs. The “championship” game matches the two highest ranked teams at the end of the …
UFC Goes Bigtime
Football, baseball, basketball, hockey — the four “major” pro sports. Ok, NASCAR must be included and may have even be in second slot in overall …