Spring in Boone NC

Western Michigan leads in the NCAA hockey championship game 4 to 2

Grandfather mountain in the fog

Snow on the mountain.

Welcome to March. Today it is “one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.". Dickens.

The littlest snowman

Blue Ridge dreaming

Christmas tree farm

The mountains are calling and I must go.

I'm back. I'm home. All the time, it was... We finally really did it. Planet of the Apes

Vonnegut states a granfalloon is a proud and meaningless association of human beings including any nation, anytime, anywhere.

Google has no backbone. They change the name of the Gulf of Mexico then turn of the comments so people can’t hurt their feelings.

The WNBA needs a rival league. Salaries in the WNBA are way too low.

Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion.

Miller owns this field, Locke that, and Manning the woodland beyond. But none of them owns the landscape. There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet. This is the best part of these men's farms.

A touch of Spring from last year

WTF. Trade war with Canada? Canada? And Mexico too? What do a tell my Principle students without saying Trump is dumb as a box of rocks and mean as a rattle snake?

Made me laugh on a Friday.

Just hanging out

Sunset over Lake Michigan last summer.

I’ve been calling MAGA brain, although it actually predates Trump. I’d define it as the belief that effective governance comes from being harsh and unfeeling, putting aside namby-pamby, dare I say woke, concerns about stuff like protecting the environment or respecting civil liberties.—Krugman

Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind. —Kurt Vonnegut

Detroit rising.

Go lions go.

Health insurance adds no value.

People seem to just say stuff on social media without a willingness or ability to provide explanation.

The IRS denies 501c3 status to another NIL collective, citing case law and reasoning that the organization’s primary purpose was to further student-athletes’ compensatory opportunities, which is a substantial non-exempt purpose. 🧵 www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/2...

But it doesn’t matter how clever your R and Python calculations are or how sophisticated your model is if the data you’re using sucks. Matt Brown Publisher of Extra Points, a D1.ticker publication. Formerly of SB Nation. Chicago.

Happy Holidays everyone.

Some questions for sports economists: Will NIL payments raise or lower College Coaches salaries? Will Group of five conferences be a minor league for power four conferences with the current transfer rules? Will conference realignment continue as media contracts become more lucrative?

The score that counts most since ultimately about revenue: BiG 4 SEC 3 ACC 2 Big12 1 G5 1 So Super 2 clearly clearly still dominate. BiG alone has as many as ACC+Big12+G5.

Hahahahaha YES! It’s happening! A college football coach may have his salary cut and reallocated to players. We told you that outlandish coaching salaries were a direct product of player exploitation. www.on3.com/college/okla...

Credit goes squarely here on this one 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

This might drive up the price of groceries

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Jason Kelce visits Appalachian State University

46 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot. WKRP's Les Nessman was on the scene that fateful day.

Tariffs

What a difference two days make. Winter is coming.

ROSES is always a good way to end the week. Here is my ROSES talk with Tibi and Mark.

Last week I presented our research at the ROSES talk coauthored with Denny and Adam.

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Nature soothes

For the last 4 years and 8 months I've been running an online seminar series: ROSES = Reading Online Sport Economic Seminars. It's brought me a huge amount of joy - new connections, fascinating people, great opportunities. I've been posting about it on Twitter up to now. Time now to start here...

A recent paper in CEP with Denny G and Craig M

A new working paper with Tibi and Mark