NFL Scheduling and Competitive Balance
In this paper (now forthcoming, JSE: doi: 10.1177/1527002512471538), it was shown that for every single year after the expansion to 32 teams in 2002 (until
NFL Scheduling and Competitive Balance
In this paper (now forthcoming, JSE: doi: 10.1177/1527002512471538), it was shown that for every single year after the expansion to 32 teams in 2002 (until
NFL Even MORE Competitively Balanced than We Thought
With the NFL regular season having reached its (customarily gripping) climax moments ago, sports economists will take note, as usual, of the within-season
Seeding in Grand Slams
The Australian Open concluded on the weekend. The Swiss master Roger Federer prevailed in three sets (6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (11)) against the Scot, Andy Murray; while
The Short Supply of Tall People is Getting Longer
From a past entry from Dave Berri's Wages of Wins Journal:
NFL Even MORE Competitively Balanced (Yet Again)
Further to an earlier post one year ago to the day, the same result occurred upon conclusion of the 2011 NFL season as in EVERY previous season since the