Conference Realignments: (Some) Order out of Chaos
The poaching of past Big East schools by the ACC and Big East and similar events in other conferences has engendered accusations of greed, disloyalty, …
"Money" and "Ball" and the Cost per Win Fallacy
In his article, “Based on Payrolls, Brewers Faring Quite Well This Season,” Tom Haudricourt offers us the following: “The bottom line of victories and losses …
Economic Impact and the Substitution Effect
Here at the Sports Economist, one criticism of economic impact reports we commonly make is that these studies rarely account for the “substitution effect.” While …
Necessary Condition for Success at Football
“Coyote blog” posts: You hear a lot of debate about what wins NFL Championships – is it offense, defense, the running game, the quarterback? Well, …
Wise Crowds
Rod Fort’s challenge to anyone who could outdo college football preseason polls (Not Exactly Julian Simon …) reminded me about a Henry Manne piece appearing …
Capital Improvements in Sports
There’s a couple of articles that I ran across this morning about capital improvements in sports. The first, from the Kansas City Star, is a …
Health Risks to Athletes: Beyond Steroids
Steroids have attracted a huge amount of attention in recent years including several posts here. A recent study (see article) by Scripps Howard News Service …
The NHL: Totals, Averages, and Marginals
From an article in the Trono Star, A secret NHL report detailing the ticket revenues of its 30 teams reveals [that]… The six Canadian teams …
Negotiations over the Vikings
Negotitations over the Minnesota Vikings are reaching a head. At this point, Arizona businessman Reggie Fowler has exclusive negotiating rights with Red McCombs, the current …
Sunk Costs in Baseball
A sunk cost is an unavoidable sacrifice: no matter what a person does, the sacrifice will be made and it’s best to ignore them. JC …