Showing posts with category "ncaa college sports football"

College Coaches Running up the Score: Responding to Incentives

From Pat Forde at ESPN:

Chizik "A Good Buy Right Now"?

Lately, the hiring of Gene Chizik for the head football coaching job at Auburn generated a ton of (mostly negative) buzz. Charles Barkley's comments about

More on the Economics of Bowl Games

Inside Higher Ed reports that a number of teams participating in bowl games will not be taking the marching band, as well as reducing the number of

Winners and Losers in College Bowl Games

It's well-known that in terms of accounting entries, many college athletic departments lose money. Some economists have questioned whether the expense and

Season Ticket Prices and Minimum Donations at FBS Schools

Rivals has collected football season ticket prices and minimum donations at the 120 FBS schools for the 2010 season.  The donations work like NFL personal

Big Ten Expansion Timetable Speeds Up

So much for the leisurely 18 month period for exploring their options.  Recent reports indicate that the Big Ten expansion timetable has gone into overdrive.

What Determines Bowl Ticket Sales at the Institution Level?

Todd McCubbin, the executive director of the University of Missouri Alumni Association, writes a short piece on the number of tickets sold by Mizzou to this

Report to the Big 10: "Just say yes to expansion."

In an earlier post, I wrote about Big 10 expansion and argued that if the Big 10 decided to expand, it would look east before it would look west. That was

Kurt W. Rotthoff as new Contributor at EZDzine

I am happy to join the great group of Sports Economists that post here at EZDzine. A day before I wrote my first post, someone had brought to my

It's Still Good to Be the Cupcake

I've written before on cupcakes in college football (see here as well). You know the cupcake. The team expected to lay down in front of your superior squad in

Non-Pecuniary Gifts in College Football Bowls

Unlike coaches who get bonuses for making bowl games, the athletes can't be paid cold, hard cash for their efforts. But participants in bowl games get an

Ticketless Trojan Game

I've had an longtime fascination with gameday ticket resell, not just the analytics and systematic data study but in a "hands-on" way -- I guess you could