I always liked Seattle :-)

is the transfer system a form of human trafficking? Of course it is podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

an update of my World Cup forecasts stefanszymanski.substack.com/p/world-cup-...

After their surprise draws against Spain and Uruguay, Cape Verde have a real chance of qualifying for the knockout stages of The World Cup tonight. So how far can they go? Ashish Malhotra and @sszy.bsky.social discussed on in one of our episodes earlier this week

Can a successful Socceroos team - which showcases multiculturalism and has three players who were born in refugee camps - change attitudes on immigration in Australia? That's what we discussed in our first episode since the World Cup kicked off @sszy.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5rlq...

@sszy.bsky.social has simulated the entire World Cup 20,000 times through two different models. We've distilled it into an episode you can just about listen to before the tournament kicks off in 20 mins. And if not, you can always listen later:

To go with the soccernomics podcasts I've started a substack. Here's a link to my first post - with my World Cup forecasts stefanszymanski.substack.com/p/world-cup-...

Here we go...it won't really be the World Cup if it's only for part of the world newrepublic.com/post/211508/...

The World Cup starts this week. But could it be the last time we ever say that? @sszy.bsky.social and Ashish Malhotra are in @economist.com's By Invitation section today, laying out how Trump and FIFA could break football as we know it over the next month www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

A trailer for Soccernomics podcast - launched today! x.com/soccernomics...

Excited to announce The Soccernomics Podcast (@soccernomicspod), alongside @simonkuper.bsky.social and @amalhotra2. We'll be coming to you Tuesdays and Thursdays as we gear up towards, and through The World Cup. First episode out now. open.spotify.com/show/033eUgQ...

Sixth edition published today! Thoroughly updated and a new chapter on MLS

Dedicated to any teacher who has ever been badgered by helicopter parents (St Paul’s in the 1890s from Leonard Woolf’s autobiography)

I am once again asking when we will get Union band of brothers

Instructive text for our times from the Roman section of the metropolitan museum

Today I had a meeting about funding I received for a November 2025 (!) presentation. Part of the agreement requires me to present the talk at a university-wide event in March 2026. I was told today I could either censor/change my talk’s title and receive the funding, or withdraw. I withdrew.

Rubio erased Jews from European culture and history, and nobody noticed. Possibly people weren’t as concerned about antisemitism as we were led to believe? www.state.gov/releases/off...

FOOTBALL & RACE 🧵 1/ Four years ago, Brian Flores sued the NFL alleging that the "Rooney Rule" requiring teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching vacancies is a sham. Today, the judge ruled that ALL claims must be litigated, not arbitrated. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

wtf's up with Jim Ratcliffe and the IOC? video.snapstream.net/Play/8JnuLnM...

God bless the bard of Barking… #BillyBragg

Support frontline organizers demanding justice and shutting down ICE in Minnesota chuffed.org/project/supp...

For when the ICE agents knock on the door www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q5Q...

Humans look out! they're onto us

I've been posting updates for the last couple of years- the uncanny correlation (+.92) continues

Very pleased to see this paper published

Tariffs disrupting research

I'm hoping this might get me an invitation to the new ballroom www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...

Thisd week's freakonomics is about retructuring gridiron in the US - I talk about promotion and relegation freakonomics.com/podcast/seas...

Since our org chart is going public, let me come clean as well: I am Antifa’s pastry chef.

Does he know IKEA is not in charge of the Nobel prize?

Been a while …Wonderful to be back at Detroit city fc with the ever fabulous Northern Guard

Just deleted the app formerly known as Twitter- feels like a liberation

Something for @sszy.bsky.social, if you are still interested in the origins of "soccer" as a word! The Oxford Review has been digitized by the BNA. It covered the last university news during term time. This is the first mention of "Soccer" on the 7 March 1888.

New working paper with @sszy.bsky.social. If you are looking for a break from Commanders shenanigans, I can offer Chargers shenanigans. In the mid 1990s, San Diego offered to buy unsold Chargers tickets with no price cap. How much do you think ticket prices increased? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Who's going to be watching the FIFA Club World Cup? theconversation.com/dismal-ticke...

A letter from No Balls U www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...

I wrote about the firing of Rachel Dawson for the Chronicle. www.chronicle.com/article/anat...

According to FIFA, clubs shelled out $2.3 billion in the January transfer window inside.fifa.com/transfer-sys... despite the fact that following the ECJ's Diarra judgment, there is no requirement to pay a fee if a player has already indicated they are willing to leave. This economist is puzzled.

Ate at Crevette last night - Ed Szymanski and Patricia Howard's new restaurant in NYC - fabulous food - highly recommended :-)

record.umich.edu/articles/it-.... What went wrong?

Taking a sabbatical in Philadelphia looking like a good decision right now

Musk just tweeted ‘ “Nemo me impune lacessit” – Sulla’ it is not the first time he has quoted the 1st century BCE Roman dictator. Most people don’t know who he was. My son William just completed his PhD at oxford about him, and in this way I’ve learned a lot. Here are some key facts:

This is cute. Annual production of Ford and Tesla over their first 21 years. The numbers for the latest year are almost identical. But get this: Ford did not beat its 1923 number until 1965, more than 40 years later... ...oh, and 1920 was when Henry Ford started publishing anti-semitic shit...

When losing is winning. Does this happen anywhere other than in us major league sports?

Under FIFA's new transfer rules, players have more latitude in claiming "just cause" if they want to move, clubs can avoid paying transfer fees if a player signals he wants to leave, and the compensation that clubs can claim should be modest. This is big. digitalhub.fifa.com/m/74181ed7a6...

⚽️ What’s next for the football world after the #Diarra ruling? 📺 Watch the webinar recording featuring @antoineduval.bsky.social, @sszy.bsky.social, and Marjolaine Viret for expert insights on what lies ahead. 👉 bit.ly/3CRB3Tr #SportsLaw #FIFA #RSTP #CJEU #EUlaw

FIFA runs up the white flag on transfer fees