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Salary Allocation and Risk Preferences in the NFL: Abstract

April 11, 2012
by harvardsports
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This is the abstract from the paper “Salary Allocation and Risk Preferences in the National Football League: The Implications of Salary Allocation in Understanding the Preferences of NFL Owners” by Papa...

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League Regulations and Stadium Subsidies: Part II

March 26, 2012
by harvardsports
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by Evan Zepfel Previously, I determined that league regulations contribute to differences in average subsidy sizes across the three major leagues.  As I hypothesized, NFL regulations that contribute to credible threats to...

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League Regulations and Stadium Subsidies: Part I

March 14, 2012
by harvardsports
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by Evan Zepfel Each year, it seems that stadiums are getting bigger, more extravagant, and more expensive.  But where does the money come from to build these massive monuments to professional sports?  A significant portion of...

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Roll-Lin in the Dough:Jeremy Lin, Amare Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony and the MSG Stock Price

February 17, 2012
by harvardsports
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This was post number two as part of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective’s Linsanity Day. You can read the other posts here,  here, here, or here. by  Harry Chiel and Ben Blatt In his meteoric rise over the past two...

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How Much is Albert Pujols Getting Overpaid?

December 9, 2011
by harvardsports
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By Chris Bruce Big news hit the baseball world yesterday as the Los Angeles Angels announced a $254 million, 10-year contract for 31-year-old Albert Pujols, a strikingly large contract for such an old player, even if Pujols is...

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NHL Team Spending and the Exchange Rate

October 26, 2011
by harvardsports
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by Ben Blatt Based on an idea that was discussed at last week’s HSAC meeting, I decided to do a short investigation to see how the exchange rate of the US dollar versus the Canadian dollar impacts team spending in the NHL...

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How Much Does Vegas Learn?

October 17, 2011
by harvardsports
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19th century mathematician and genius Francis Galton, the man who invented the regression line (for which we at HSAC are forever indebted), once found himself at a country fair with a peculiar contest: who could guess the exact...

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Extend the NFL Season? 18 Weeks, Not 18 Games

February 25, 2011
by harvardsports
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By Ari Rubin One of the key points of contention in NFL’s collective-bargaining has been the issue of an extended, 18-game season. While owners would like to see the increased revenue of two extra weeks, players worry about the...

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What Factors Contribute to Attendance in College Football?

January 17, 2011
by harvardsports
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By Alex Koenig A while back, John Ezekowitz and I tackled the question of attendance in the NBA and whether or not there are “must-see” road teams. Not surprisingly, our study showed that the opponent’s winning % was the...

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Predicting NBA Road Team Attendance: Do Marginal Fans Come to See the Home Team Lose?

November 8, 2010
by harvardsports
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By John Ezekowitz and Alex Koenig Before the start of the latest NBA season, NBA superfan and ESPN columnist Bill Simmons wrote a column ranking all NBA teams in order of “must-see.” Simmons has his personal...

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