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Rodney Fort 🐀

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Sports economist. Emeritus Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan.

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 1d

No such thing as “The Feds”. This is you and me paying for out-of-control CBP. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

Feds pay $125K after Border Patrol agent pointed gun at Portland hotel worker

The payout amount was finalized during a settlement conference Friday after a judge found the officer civilly liable for assault.

www.oregonlive.com

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 1d

Claims by coaches about what is good for “college football” always are bad economically for athletes. But Fisch clearly is better off.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/695...

Washington's Fisch: QB Williams' return 'best thing' for college football

www.nytimes.com

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 1d

Good read. LIke I’ve been saying. “Chaos” now means “Crap. My job just got more difficult and possibly less lucrative.”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/695...

Everything is the death of college football until it isn’t

What leaders within college sports have to realize is this: Your inconvenience does not qualify as a crisis.

www.nytimes.com

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 3d

www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

An Underappreciated Variable in Sports Success

Sometimes athletes just get lucky.

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 4d

Different teams is fun. But $ is in *conference* distributions.

Rd 1 Sun BiG SEC(4) AAC ACC
Rd 2 BiG(3) SEC(3) ACC Big12
Rd 3 BiG(2) SEC ACC
Rd 4 BiG+SEC or ACC
Champ: Power3

No CUSA MAC MWC Pac12 or other Indep. P3 rules CFP from qtr finals on. P3 team will be champ. P3 mission accomplished.

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 4d

This College Football Playoff has flipped the script.

So the title game possibilities? They range from storybook to pure chaos.

We ranked all four potential national championship matchups.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

Lindsey Rector knows her son loves baseball. She’s less certain she can afford it.

“You’re just trying to do everything you can to make these dreams come true for your child,” Rector said. “But it’s just so money-driven.”

The soaring price of youth sports: $50 to try out, $3,000 to play

Parents are struggling to keep up as costs and luxury options rise. Investors see an opportunity.

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve added Mr.Brrewer to my read list. I hope he succeeds in his endeavor.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/694...

Why the sports column still matters — and why I’m still writing one

If sports are subtly teaching the next generation how to talk about people, then the way we write about them matters more than we admit.

www.nytimes.com

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Eric Fisher @aericfisher.bsky.social · 4d

The NFL ended the regular season with its best viewership since 1989. frontofficesports.com/nfl-highest-...

NFL Sees Highest Viewership in More Than 35 Years

There’s nothing like the NFL in U.S. television, and the league has affirmed that once again, posting the second-best viewership on record.

frontofficesports.com

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 4d

The most dangerous weapon in college football? Miami's two-headed sack machine:
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

The Deadliest Weapon in College Football Is Miami’s Two-Headed Sack Machine

Most of the College Football Playoff’s remaining teams are powered by superstar quarterbacks. Miami’s title hopes rest on mashing them into the turf.

www.wsj.com

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 4d

Main Street missed a payment to the Cardinals last month and St. Louis is now deliberating whether to return to FanDuel SN next season, sources said.

More from @evandrellich.bsky.social and @katiejwoo.bsky.social ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/694...

Nine MLB teams’ TV money in jeopardy as FanDuel networks continue to struggle

The troubled broadcaster is trying to renegotiate its payments to nine MLB teams, and recently missed a payment to the St. Louis Cardinals.

www.nytimes.com

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 4d

This College Football Playoff has flipped the script.

So the title game possibilities? They range from storybook to pure chaos.

We ranked all four potential national championship matchups.

Reposted by Rodney Fort

FanGraphs Baseball @fangraphs.com · 4d

InstaGraphs: Job Posting: Rice University – Professor in the Practice of Sport Analytics blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/...

Job Posting: Rice University - Professor in the Practice of Sport Analytics

Rice University is hiring.

blogs.fangraphs.com

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 6d

Some very important questions are *not* asked here.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Opinion | Is college worth it? This quiz shows the reality.

Views on the importance of higher education have fallen sharply in recent years.

www.washingtonpost.com

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 6d

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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 8d

The FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 7d

If you've missed this piece about the different modes of empiricism in computer science versus the social sciences, I can highly recommend it. doomscrollingbabel.manoel.xyz/p/the-empiri...

The Empiricism Gap in Computer Science

So far, I have argued that there is a dissonance between, on the one hand, CS’s founding myths, curricula, and self-image, and, on the other hand, the modern production of knowledge in computer scienc...

doomscrollingbabel.manoel.xyz

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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 8d

The FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 9d

Everything but. And proposals have been made. @assameeting.bsky.social

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 9d

SportsEcon Students: How many trend lines can you draw through a single data point?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

From @theathletic.com: Indiana's and Ole Miss's wins over the old powers are a sign of a new era in college football.

This is what we learned after a wild round of playoff games. nyti.ms/4q2mnEH

A college football changing of the guard arrived all at once, plus more CFP quarterfinal takeaways

Indiana's and Ole Miss's win over the old powers is a sign of a new era in college football.

nyti.ms

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 9d

I was 50% on the Econ GRE for grad school. And failed my PhD prelim exam. They took pity and gave us a second chance.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

From @theathletic.com: Indiana's and Ole Miss's wins over the old powers are a sign of a new era in college football.

This is what we learned after a wild round of playoff games. nyti.ms/4q2mnEH

A college football changing of the guard arrived all at once, plus more CFP quarterfinal takeaways

Indiana's and Ole Miss's win over the old powers is a sign of a new era in college football.

nyti.ms

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Dr. Karen Weaver @drkarenweaver.bsky.social · 9d

Well, considering the world of NIL, rev share in DI, this seems a bit nuts:

sports.yahoo.com/articles/aug...

Augsburg runner with Olympic dreams barred by NCAA after accepting $6K donation

Mohammed Bati, a senior nursing major at Augsburg University, says the NCAA has informed him that he will be ineligible to compete in indoor and outdoor competitions in the coming season.

sports.yahoo.com

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Stacey Brook @staceybrook.bsky.social · 10d

Later this month we will see last years home game football playoff revenue and expenses in the MFRS reports.

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 10d

Now thinking of killing NY6 in favor of even more home game revenue. Simply relentless.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/693...

At less-than-full Orange Bowl, Big 12 commissioner weighs in on adding more CFP home games

The CFP management committee is facing a Jan. 23 deadline to inform ESPN of the format for next season.

www.nytimes.com

Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 10d

Money well-spent Mr.Campbell?

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David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 10d

The NBA claims the WNBA will lose $700 million over the course of the agreement if the player's offer is accepted. That is complete nonsense. And anyone with a calculator could show this.

In the next week I will post the math for people who don't own a calculator.
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...