Ballplayers and Bankers
Cartoonist Ruben Bolling riffs on President Obama’s recent comparison of bonuses for bankers and baseball players “who are making more than that and don’t get …
MVP, MRP, and MPP
Judging from what I hear, see, and read, there will once again be some controversy about who should be selected as the Most Valuable Players …
Can Kansas City’s Sprint Center Attract a Major Sports Tenant?
The Sprint Center in Kansas City was built partly to attract either an NBA or NHL franchise. Three years on, the gleaming arena has no …
Hockey & Cartels
So the season is canceled. It does appear that the Bettman-ownership stance was a hard cap or bust. Their supposed soft cap number was so …
Tiger Financial Fallout
How much will Tiger lose in income from recent negative publicity? This has been subject of considerable speculation around our hallways and on the web. …
Hold Your Bets
A three judge federal appeals court ruled today that betting on individual football games in Delaware is illegal, according to an Associated Press report. The …
Football in a competitive marketplace
Interesting article in The Age (Melbourne) on the state of the ‘football wars’ in Australia. Four codes (Australian football, rugby league, rugby union, soccer), 21 …
What is the Marginal Revenue Product* of Barry Bonds?
Barry Bonds becomes a free agent at the end of this season. Suppose the following: There is a freely competitive bidding market for his services, …
How Seriously Do Teams Take the NFL Combine?
SI.com’s Andrew Perloff recently complained that NFL team’s put too much weight on “Combine” workouts in his “Combine Craziness,” You’d think in this day and …
Selling Naming Rights to the Spring Game in College Football
Among the title or presenting sponsors: The Dish Network Orange and White Game at Tennessee, the Golden Flake A-Day Game at Alabama (Children’s Hospital, the …