NAASE invites nominations for the positions of President-elect (to serve 2026-2028, then 2028-2030 as president) and at-large executive committee member (2026-2030). Nominations should be sent to the chair of the nominating committee Mike Leeds (Temple University) by March 31, 2026.

NAASE invites nominations for the 2026 Larry Hadley Service Award recipient. Nominations should explain how the person “has distinguished herself or himself through service to NAASE and the field of sports economics” and be sent to Frank Stephenson (Berry College) by 3/31/26.

NAASE is organizing sessions for the SEA conference to be held in Houston, TX Nov 21-23, 2026. To submit a paper, please email Frank Stephenson (Berry College) by March 28: --Name, affiliation, and email for presenter and all coauthors --The paper's title and abstract. --Two JEL codes

NAASE is organizing sessions at the WEAI meetings being held in Denver June 29-July 3. The submission deadline is Monday Feb. 9. We hope you will join us! Submission site: forms.gle/CnCtn5ntcAHw...

Many thanks to the presenters and attendees in NAASE's sessions at the recent Southern Econ. Assoc. conference in Tampa for interesting papers and insightful comments. We hope to see the attendees again soon and hope others will join us at upcoming conferences.

The submission deadline has been extended to 11/7

NAASE is organizing sessions for the Eastern Econ. meetings May 6-9 in the Dominican Republic. (www.hyatt.com/secrets/en-U...) If interested, please send a paper title and contact information to Eva Leeds ([email protected]) or Victor Matheson ([email protected]) by Oct. 31, 2025.

We are pleased to announce that Aiden Powell from West Virginia University is this year’s recipient of NAASE’s Graduate Student Paper Award for his paper “Professional Sporting Events and Emergency Medical Service Response Times: Evidence from New York City.” (1/3)

A nicely done story about Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys: umbc.edu/stories/denn...

A reminder ...

Call for papers: NAASE Graduate Student Paper Award. Email submissions to [email protected]. Submissions due October 1.

NAASE has an open slot in one of its sessions at the upcoming SEA meetings in Tampa. If you're interested in joining us, please contact Frank Stephenson at Berry College.

Call for papers: NAASE Graduate Student Paper Award. Email submissions to [email protected]. Submissions due October 1.

A small loose end from NAASE's meeting in SF: One can sign up for contents alerts for the JSE using the link below (scroll down a bit and look at the right side of the page). journals.sagepub.com/home/jse

With the WEA conference wrapping up today, we want to thank presenters and other participants for 7 good sessions and great informal conversations. We had participants from every continent other than Antarctica! We hope everyone has a safe trip home and look forward to seeing you again soon.

Jill Harris recently completed a four-year term on NAASE's executive committee. We are grateful for her service, including organizing NAASE's sessions at the WEA conference (something she will continue to do). Thank you Jill! Clay Collins of UGA is joining the EC. Welcome Clay!

We are excited to announce the creation of the Coates-Humphreys NAASE Distinguished Research Award, with Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys as the inaugural winners. It will be given in odd-numbered years (the Hadley Award is given in even-numbered years). Congrats Brad & Dennis!

NAASE is now on BlueSky! (We remain at the old place too)