sports economics
The NHL's Expansion Options Mostly Suck, But At These Prices, Who Cares?
The National Hockey League figures to have plenty of expansion suitors, but do any of the cities angling for a new franchise make sense?
"It Doesn't Make Any Damn Sense": Confessions Of NCAA Compliance Officers
NCAA amateurism can seem akin to a religion. But in an off-the-record conversation with VICE Sports, three college sports officials charged with enforcing the rules sounded like apostates.
Name Withheld: Did The 76ers Just Start A Revolution Against Corporate Stadium Names?
The Philadelphia 76ers are refusing to call their arena by its corporate name. Are stadium naming rights deals in big trouble?
Throwback Thursday: The TV Deal That Created Modern Sports
Forty-five years ago this week, the upstart American Football League and ABC signed a broadcast deal that changed the landscape of sports as we know them.
We Did This, Fam: Welcome Back, UAB Football
The University of Alabama-Birmingham is restoring its football program. VICE Sports knew the school could afford the sport all along.
A Vegas Hoops Startup Wants to Compete With the NCAA, Does It Stand a Chance?
A Las Vegas semipro basketball team plans to pay top high school players to skip college, but the NCAA's overwhelming market power means the idea is doomed to fail.
It's Official: UAB Did Not Need to Kill Football
A new report confirms that the University of Alabama-Birmingham did not need to cancel its football program for financial reasons.
Why a Free Market for NCAA Athletes Won't Mean Fewer Scholarships
The NCAA argues that paying some college athletes will mean fewer scholarships for the rest. As usual, the NCAA is laughably wrong.
How the NCAA Scams Taxpayers for Welfare Money
From March Madness to bowl games, big-time college sports are awash in public subsidies and tax breaks. Why are taxpayers helping to foot the bill?
The Seattle Sonics’ Fate Is in the Hands of the Oligarchs
The Kings may soon be sold to a bunch of rich guys from Seattle, which underscores the fact that no matter how passionately ordinary fans feel about our teams, we don’t have a say in making sure they stay in our towns, or even in whether they exist...