Thursday, December 5, 2013
The NFL Trying to Take Every Last Surplus from the Super Bowl
I think this story pretty much is the last nail in the coffin of the idea that hosting a Super Bowl is a big benefit to the local community (H/T).
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
And for the Lions-Packers game, I am rooting for a tie. At this point in the season that seems like the best outcome for the Bears.
And for the Lions-Packers game, I am rooting for a tie. At this point in the season that seems like the best outcome for the Bears.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Selection Bias and Football Parents
From MMQB:
"It surprises me that parents—and 23 of those we interviewed who spoke this way, nearly a quarter—cede the decision to play or not play high school football to their sons. That has changed in the time since I was a (quite marginal) high-school athlete in Enfield, Conn. If my father and mother thought the sport I was playing was excessively dangerous, they’d have interceded and recommended and/or demanded I not play. But many of the parents we interviewed in 49 states said it was up to their son where he would play. I understand wanting to empower your children, but I’m not sure empowering 15- and 16-year-olds who make decisions based very often on emotion is a smart call"
Except this is from interviews with parents of sons who are playing high-school football. The parents who tell their kids they can't play football are not going to be in the sample.
"It surprises me that parents—and 23 of those we interviewed who spoke this way, nearly a quarter—cede the decision to play or not play high school football to their sons. That has changed in the time since I was a (quite marginal) high-school athlete in Enfield, Conn. If my father and mother thought the sport I was playing was excessively dangerous, they’d have interceded and recommended and/or demanded I not play. But many of the parents we interviewed in 49 states said it was up to their son where he would play. I understand wanting to empower your children, but I’m not sure empowering 15- and 16-year-olds who make decisions based very often on emotion is a smart call"
Except this is from interviews with parents of sons who are playing high-school football. The parents who tell their kids they can't play football are not going to be in the sample.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
One-Point Safety
Overall a pretty dull bowl-season has just concluded. The highlight for me was Oregon's one-point safety in the Fiesta Bowl. I will remember that one for years, which is actually more than I can say for some past seasons.
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