A Gathering Storm?
A case currently before the US Supreme Court could have a huge impact on professional sports and sports fans in North America. The case, American …
Is New Orelans still a Big League City?
This article in today’s NY Sun, “Pro Sports Far From Easy in New Orleans,” points out the difficulties facing New Orleans’ two big sports teams. …
The NCAA’s APR Teeth: Punishing David to get Back at Goliath?
Last week, the NCAA released a list of the programs that will lose scholarships under its new Academic Progress Rate. Pat Forde quips: This is …
Roger Noll: the NHL’s Business Model Doesn’t Work
With the imminent demise of the NHL for at least one season, and maybe more, members of the mainstream media [MSM] are finally realizing that …
The Politics of Bowling, Fiesta Style
The Arizona Republic has an interesting article on the Fiesta Bowl. The author, Craig Harris, argues that bowl employees were urged by Fiesta Bowl executives …
The World of Poker
Poker Is A Wonderful Sport Poker is fascinating to me for many different reasons. We know that poker brings about great opportunities to use our …
Taxing Slow Play
Time is valuable even for sports fans. The Masters is one of my favorite sports events (even if run by an all-male club) but watching …
Forget ‘Fab Four’, Men’s Tennis Still More Competitive
As the Australian Open approaches the business end, this year’s instalment has developed a palpable sense of familiarity of recent years about it. Each of …
New Journal: International Journal of Sport Policy
A colleague of mine on the editorial board of this new journal has alerted me to the impending debut of the International Journal of Sport …
Stadium Issues Everywhere
The Western Economics Association is meeting this week in Honolulu for its annual conference. Many contributors to The Sports Economist are on hand discussing such …