By David Roher Had an incredible time at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference yesterday. I got to tell so many people how long I’d been reading their books and blogs, or how important they were to my becoming interested in...
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By David Roher According to an AP story written last night, the NFL is considering a change to its overtime system, although only for playoff games. A change from the sudden-death format is overdue. Brian Burke has found that in...
Is there evidence that losing the Super Bowl can be devastating for a franchise?
By Daniel Adler Today, we will examine two industries. Neither produces a tangible product. Both have close ties to the government and receive billions of dollars in government assistance. Both pay their top performers...
By Daniel Adler Does throwing for over 300-yard mean success for the passer’s team? It does, especially lately, according to an article by Michael David Smith in the Wall Street Journal. Recently, the winning percentage for...
By Daniel Adler This article also appears on the Huffington Post. In last week’s New York Times, economist Richard Thaler discussed Swoopo.com, a so-called “entertainment shopping” site. The premise is relatively simple...
By Jake Fisher The Washington Post reported two weeks ago that NFL television ratings are the highest they’ve been in 20 years. Obviously, this is good news for business. The National Football League, as a business, is the...
By Jonathan Adler On Monday Night Football this week, while the mighty Browns were humbled (for the 14th time in 15 games) against the Ravens, commentators Ron Jaworski, Jon Gruden, and Mike Tirico did their best to keep the...
By David Roher If you write, talk, or scream about football for a living, you probably had something to say about Bill Belichick’s decision last night. In short, the Patriots had the ball with just over 2 minutes to go on...
By Daniel Adler Did you know the Patriots are playing the Colts this week? Peter King sure does. As the Monday Morning QB has pointed out, this marks the seventh straight year the teams have played and fifth straight time it...