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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
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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 1d
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Players union says NWSL engaged in ‘flagrant’ violation of Trinity Rodman’s free agent rights
The NWSLPA says the league violated at least five different sections of the current collective bargaining agreement.
www.nytimes.com

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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 1d
So they aren't going to switch to D3 rather than share TV money with athletes? Weird.

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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: For most of its century of history, the Big Ten Conference has positioned itself as a moral custodian of college football.

Now, it’s a money machine.
www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
How the Big Ten Transformed Into College Football’s Money Machine
The conference that is older than the NCAA itself once envisioned itself as a paragon of academic and athletic balance. It’s now known for unbridled expansion.
www.wsj.com

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Ted Tatos @tedtatos.bsky.social · 1d
Former antitrust enforcers under both Democratic and Republican administrations rally against the SCORE Act and raise the possibility for algorithmic price fixing by schools w/r/t NIL agreements. c6359a8f-fa33-4b9f-9dfe-dc9c3c73e548.usrfiles.com/ugd/f96b62_e...
Letter from antitrust regulators to congresspersons against the SCORE act

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 3d
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A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools
But media pundits and reporters ignore it, and Republicans are trying to kill it.
progressive.org

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 3d
The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)!

Please repost/quote so JMCs can see.

- no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400
- some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300
- much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000

#Economics #EconSky

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 3d
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
WNBA CBA proposal includes mandatory draft combine, new revenue-sharing model: Sources
The league proposed a draft combine requirement that ties participation to rookie salary.
www.nytimes.com

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 3d
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Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2025: Top 15 All Make $10M+
The top 15 earned an estimated $249 million this year, and the cutoff to make the cut jumped from $6.7 million in 2024 to $10.1 million.
www.sportico.com

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Field of Schemes @fieldofschemes.bsky.social · 3d
Luxury seats are a response to there being a ton more Americans for whom ticket prices are no object, thanks mostly to Ronald Reagan. The ideal stadium, to an owner, is probably one incredibly opulent seat that you could then sell to Martin Shkreli.
Has luxury seating ruined watching sports? The New Yorker investimagates
This week's New Yorker has an article by John Seabrook on the question of whether modern stadium design is ruining the sports-watching experience by catering to rich folks, which because this is the N...
www.fieldofschemes.com

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Sabreena Merchant @sabreenajm.bsky.social · 3d
Sources told @theathletic.com the WNBA’s salary structure proposal would result in players receiving less than 15% of total league revenue.

Plus, news on many more proposal items with @benpickman.bsky.social, including a (mandatory?) draft combine, benefits and more. www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
WNBA CBA proposal includes mandatory draft combine, new revenue-sharing model: Sources
The league proposed a draft combine requirement that ties participation to rookie salary.
www.nytimes.com

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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 3d
The SCORE Act is bad news.

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 3d
No link? No Seattle study.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
House seeking $50m per year for major sporting events
www.nytimes.com

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Dominik Schreyer @schreyerforscht.bsky.social · 8d
We’re hiring PhD students interested in shaping the future of sports. If you don’t apply, please help us spread the word...

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𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝟮𝟬+ 𝗖𝗦𝗠 𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 – 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀? 🎓 Every year, in late November, early December, Sascha, Kerstin… | Dominik Schreyer | 20 comments
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝟮𝟬+ 𝗖𝗦𝗠 𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 – 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀? 🎓 Every year, in late November, early December, Sascha, Kerstin, Maria, and I craft one picture, a so-called Wimmelbild, depict...
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zours.bsky.social @zours.bsky.social · 9d
I don’t know if this shit is real but there definitely should be a license to fly this thing.

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 9d
Finally. Flying cars we were promised as kids in the ‘50s-‘60s.
youtube.com/shorts/lxYAJ...
You DON'T Even Need A Pilot’s License To Fly It! 🤯 #flying #aircraft #plane
YouTube video by Supercar Blondie
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Stacey Shick @staceyshick.bsky.social · 9d
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The five pumpkin spices grow only in tiny pockets around the world and can't really be cultivated in the US. To see how global prices would be affected by tariffs, Michael McDonough, Bloomberg's chief economist of products and the man behind the bacon, egg and cheese index, built a pumpkin spice index using several sets of international data, some of which he'd never seen before: "Who knew there was an intraday futures price for cloves?" The index tells a spicy tale of the forces that shape global commodities.

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 10d
Read and learn.
www.fieldofschemes.com/2025/11/26/2...
Do the Yankees get $38m or $84m or what every year in tax breaks, and why is Hal Steinbrenner complaining about this?
New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner was on a call with reporters on Monday when he started talking about how his team didn't win a championship again last year despite the majors' 4th-highest payr...
www.fieldofschemes.com

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Field of Schemes @fieldofschemes.bsky.social · 10d
Overall takeaways: 1) The Steinbrenners are saving $700m+ by not having to pay property taxes on their stadium; 2) Hal griping about still having to spend $84m/year on construction costs of his family's own stadium is close to the definition of chutzpah.
Do the Yankees get $38m or $84m or what every year in tax breaks, and why is Hal Steinbrenner complaining about this?
New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner was on a call with reporters on Monday when he started talking about how his team didn't win a championship again last year despite the majors' 4th-highest payr...
www.fieldofschemes.com

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 12d
He leaves me sitting here in limbo with many rivers to cross. Thank you and farewell.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
Jimmy Cliff, Singer Who Helped Bring Reggae to Global Audience, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 13d
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Rachel Allison @rachelallison.bsky.social · 15d
In a new analysis with Adam Gemar and Stacey Pope, we use recent survey data from adults in the UK and USA to consider who fans of women's sport are and which sport contexts they follow!
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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 15d
A must read.
bachynski.bsky.social Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15d
“History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost…those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students & to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write & think when others once risked their lives & died for the freedom to do so”
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 15d
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
Pro hockey's minor leagues are in a heated labor battle: What I'm hearing
www.nytimes.com

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 15d
“History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost…those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students & to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write & think when others once risked their lives & died for the freedom to do so”
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com

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David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 17d
The NBA's latest offer to the WNBA players is "highly lucrative". For the NBA owners!!

Really... this deal promises to make the NBA owners millions!!
wagesofwins.substack.com/p/highly-luc...
Highly Lucrative for the NBA!
The latest offer to the WNBA players is a great deal for the owners of the NBA!
wagesofwins.substack.com

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 17d
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Why “the worst seat is closer to the field” is not necessarily a sign of a more intimate stadium
Northwestern University is building a new $850 million football stadium, which is a crazy amount for a college football stadium, but it's being mostly paid for by the local billionaire who wants his alma mater to have a new stadium, so at least there's that. The billionaire's son, however, is touting the upcoming stadium opening...
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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 17d
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
www.nytimes.com

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David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 18d
Reportedly the NBA is now offering a max WNBA salary of $1.1 million. It is only for a few players, though. And the average is less than $500,000.

Before the season started I argued simple math says the average should be $1 million.

The math is simple!

wagesofwins.substack.com/p/one-millio...
One Million is the Average, Not the Max!
Simple Math Suggests a Simple Slogan for the WNBA Players as They Seek to Close the NBA's Gender-Wage Gap
wagesofwins.substack.com

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David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 18d
The NBA almost makes it to 2023!

In 2023, WNBA revenue was $200 million.

If average salary is $460,000 for 180 players next year, total salaries are $82.8 million.

If that is 50% of WNBA revenue, then revenue would be $165.6 million.

It's really about $500 million!
www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
Source: WNBA proposes max salary over $1.1M
The WNBA's latest CBA proposal would include revenue sharing with a maximum salary of more than $1.1 million and a new league minimum of more than $220,000, a source confirmed to ESPN.
www.espn.com