The Purpose of College Athletics
King Banaian already commented on this issue, but I thought I would toss in my two cents. Myles Brand argued in a letter to Congress …
Race, Preferences, and the NFL
A new paper by Aldrich, et al., “Do People Value Racial Diversity? Evidence from Nielsen Ratings,” has been distributed electronically by B.E.Press. The paper is …
Moneyball & Efficiency
I’ve quickly noticed that the title, Moneyball, incites strong emotions. In spite of this, I’ll risk a venture into some of the issues intersecting with …
Something for Everybody: MLB’s Mechanism Design
Continuing my recent Yankees theme … in a curiously long post on his blog, SI writer Joe Posnanski considers the effect of MLB’s playoff structure …
Kinesiology and Curling
In curling, what if you could come up with some way for sweepers to improve their sweeping techniques and efficiency by 1%? Would that be …
MLB Awards–It’s A NY-Boston World
I don’t want to turn the Sports Economist into just another sabermetrics site, but the recent award announcements in MLB point out the state of …
Colonial Suffers from PGA Success
Golf gets very little “clock time” on the Sports Economist, so here goes. The Dallas Morning News’ Kevin Sherrington writes today about the growing irrelevance …
Yankee dollar fails again
Once again, the team with the biggest payroll in baseball failed to win or even reach the World Series. As a result, some commentators have …
The Eyes Have It
A recent Los Angeles Times has an article on exercises and technology which are helping baseball players see the ball better. A sample: The device …
North American Association of Sports Economists
The North American Association of Sports Economists has negotiated with the Journal of Sports Economics to get members of the Association cut rate subscriptions to …