1. Jim Hamilton discusses the merits of a college football playoff. I particularly like his point 2 on the likelihood of (or dislikelihood of) a college football playoff ending up with the best team winning.
2. A discussion of the costs to stockholders of the Tiger Woods scandal, estimated by two UC-Davis professors. (H/T The Sports Economist) (For full paper. Warning: the paper has not yet been peer-review, and I have not fully examined it yet myself, either.)
I do not have much to add on this topic, but I figured I would provide a series of links to some interesting discussion of the cost to Tiger Woods of his transgressions.
http://thesportseconomist.com/2009/12/tiger-financial-fallout.htm
http://www.cnbc.com/id/34411400 (H/T)
http://thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/tiger-departs-scene-but-will-his.html
http://thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/tiger-endorsements-update-accenture.html Specifically on Accenture.
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2009/12/tiger-woods-will-pay-15-million-per.html (H/T) Estimate of the cost in lost endorsements.
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/12/tax-consequences-of-tiger-woods.html (H/T) On the tax implications.
