Will cricket outpay soccer?
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is creating some interesting financial headlines. Today at foxsports.com.au and in the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper, the head of the …
Football Season Begins!…well, not quite yet
Last week the Argentine Football Association delayed the start of the season because most of the clubs are bankrupt- they owe wages to the players …
NCAA Conference Realignment Update
The other shoe has dropped. Friday night, the ACC had 12 members; by Sunday morning it had 14, completing the partial 2005 pillaging of the …
How We Develop Basketball Talent
Today’s WSJ has a review of the book, Play Their Hearts Out, by SI reporter George Dohrman. The book examines the world of elite youth …
Report to the Big 10: “Just say yes to expansion.”
In an earlier post, I wrote about Big 10 expansion and argued that if the Big 10 decided to expand, it would look east before …
Support for Olympic Curlers (and other athletes?)
As I have watched the curling from the 2010 Olympics, I have heard several of the commentators tell us that so-and-so from such-and-such country is …
NFL collective bargaining
Could the NFL be a salary cap-free league in 2010? The NFL team owners or the NFL Players’ Association can unilaterally terminante the collective bargaining …
Kurt W. Rotthoff as new Contributor at The Sports Economist
I am happy to join the great group of Sports Economists that post here at The Sports Economist. A day before I wrote my first …
Football rules changes
The NCAA has instituted rules that will both shorten and lengthen college football games this year. The clock will start on changes of possession on …
Shutdown point
It’s apparently been reached by the US Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, Minnesota, which has decided to move and not open this year. Findley …