Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
Is the NCAA a coercive cartel?
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Is the NCAA a coercive cartel?
Gary Becker: [T]he NCAA sharply limits the number of athletic scholarships, and even more importantly, limits the size of the scholarships that schools can offer the best players. NCAA rules also severely restricts the gifts and housing players are allowed to receive from alumni and others, do not allow college players to receive pay for…
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Sentences to ponder, NFL labor lockout/dispute edition
The owners overspent on unnecessary stadiums, and now they want the players to work more for less pay to help pay down the debt. That’s your entire labor dispute in one sentence. That’s from the Mises blog, and the post is interesting throughout. The following is also important for understanding the NFL as government sanction…
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The most tepid defense of scouting you’ll ever read
The above is the title of my new piece, available over at the NY Times Fifth Down. Thanks to everyone over there for putting it up. Feel free to post comments here, where it is easier for me to respond.
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