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Thursday Thought Piece: Realignment Revenue Sharing
I've been mulling something in my head the last hour or so, and I figured I might as well put it into a post for math-checking and whatnot. Now you may not know it from my silly cartoons or lazy blogging, but back in my college days I was an economics major, studying things like incentives,...
Forbes Valuations rebuttals from actual economists
I know that I am a homer. I know that you know that I really like what the new Padres ownership group is doing. That said, I will NEVER know why some Padres "fans" think that a "commitment to winning" is the same as "spending a sh_t ton of money on players". Some of those same fans really, truly,...
Lockout Could Jeopardize the Cash Players and Owners Are Fighting Over
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It's The Economy, Stupid!: One Final Argument Against Taking Ryan Mathews (Or Any RB) Early
Let me say up front that I honestly do not think the Texans will take Ryan Mathews. Call me a subscriber to BFD's theory of a Mathews-related conspiracy, I guess, but it seems to me that any pro-Mathews talk that might trickle out of Reliant is more than likely leaked with some ulterior motive. ...
The Economics of Why the BCS Doesn't Want Change
The BCS is going to get vilified in Congress again today, but the folks in charge of it don't want change. There's a litany of reasons why they want to keep the current system, but today I'm going to focus on the economic reason. It's partly because I was a business major and partly because I...
Graph of the Day: Offense and the Economy
This weekend, I was discussing with a reader some of the possible reasons for the offensive explosion in the mid-1990s. You're all familiar with the list of possibilities: livelier ball, smaller ballparks, bigger players (both from exercise and from steroids). For some reason, I started wondering...
Hey, it's not my money...
There's a lot of blame to go around for the sorry state of the Warriors for most of the last decade and a half. Bad coaching, bad drafts and poorly constructed lineups, team chemistry problems and some plain old bad luck. But the constant is the guy who writes the checks (or more likely has some...
Amidst These Troubled Times, Bo Pelini Gets A Raise
Doom and gloom - that seems to be the mantra these days. People are losing their jobs, some their homes and everyone is wondering when we're going to hit the bottom on the stock market so the turnaround can begin. Each day brings another story that sounds similar to Kevin Cosgrove's last defense at...
Viva Las Vegas? Viva Las Whalers!
Following Mirtle's lead once again, bizjournals.com came out last month with a comparison of which US sports markets were overextended, based on total personal income compared to the requirements of current professional sports teams located there. For example, the Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater,...
Slingin' pucks to make a few bucks
Once again, the NHL seems to be pushing ahead in the business of digital media much more boldly than its professional peers. This morning's LA Times has an opinion piece heaping praise on the NHL's new partnership with Sling Media, the folks behind the Slingbox you hear hyped so much by Jim Rome....
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