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The Real Price of a Game, Part One: Opportunity Cost
Wow. You guys don’t even know the madness that has been my life recently. Do you ever let things that are not-as-important (like working) get in the way of things that kind of are (like watching Game...
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The Real Price Of A Game, Part Two: Cash Money
Today… math. DON’T BE SCARED. IT’S JUST ADDITION. You’ll live, I swear. This is nothing new – I have seen dozens of posts and articles that add up the cost of going to a sporting event. But, if I’m...
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The Real Price of a Game, Part Three: Substitutes
You’ve already read parts one and two on opportunity cost and pricing. Now… competition. In the sports industry competition is mainly talked about when discussing things that would prevent people from...
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The AFL Wants To Learn From The NFL: Great Idea.
Let’s call it what it is: the NFL is one of (if not the most) competitively balanced league in the world. Competitive balance is measured by a number of things, but primarily, the number of teams who...
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Sport Economics 101: What Is Sports Economics?
Something has just occurred to me: many of you don’t know what sports economics is. And I go on about it – A LOT. I did tell you that this year (well, this blog year) I would make this blog more...
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Sports Economics: What Is Substitution? (Part 1)
I am a picky person. When I want something, I want THAT EXACT THING and nothing else will suffice regardless of cost or location or sheer difficulty. It’s useless trying to get me to settle for...
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Are Olympics Really That Awesome For Countries?
Winter Olympics have never been my jam. Maybe it’s because I’m from Hawaii and I used to be a gymnast when I was younger (if you can call it that) or maybe it’s because I hate being cold and (not-so-)...
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Why Size Matters In Australian Sport.
Recently, we talked (well, I talked and you rolled your eyes) about the Americanisation of Australian sport. I said I didn’t think it was a good idea because it’s taking something so pure (for lack of...
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Not Changing Your Ticket Prices Is Not Something To Brag About.
I find it miraculous that teams brag about not changing their ticket prices. When they do this, they’re trying to convince the public that they are trying to make attendance affordable for everyone....
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Ticket Pricing Part I: What Is Variable Pricing?
Ah, variable pricing. The never-ending possibilities. Let’s talk about it. Variable pricing is when prices change based on a region, location, date or other aspects. This is also known as ‘real-time...
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Would A New NBA Play-Offs Structure Work?
A few weeks ago, I was very intrigued by a notification I got on my phone about Adam Silver wanting to change the structure of the NBA Play-offs to include the top 16 teams overall, not top 8 in each...
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