David Berri
wagesofwins.bsky.social
David Berri
@wagesofwins.bsky.social

Professor of Economics at Southern Utah University.
The latest book is Slaying the Trolls.
Also author/co-author of
The Wages of Wins
Stumbling on Wins
https://www.davidberri.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Slaying-Trolls-Wrong-About-Sports/dp/B0D33VK9SN/ .. more

David J. Berri is a sports economist and professor of economics at Southern Utah University, known for his sometimes-controversial analysis of NBA basketball. He is a past president of the North American Association of Sports Economists, and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Sports Economics and The International Journal of Sport Finance. .. more

Economics 57%
Sociology 14%

Okay, I kind of like that one.

Damn... clearly I am not a very consistent president. Can't imagine America tolerating this!

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That field has to go first!! ๐Ÿ˜‚

If I were president, all athletic surfaces would be of uniform and traditional colors. Football fields are green. Basketball courts are the color of wood.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Reposted by David J. Berri

After Kelly Ripa was working for five or six years at All My Children, the soap hired her now-husband, Mark Consultation, who was new to acting. He was hired at twice her salary.
soapoperanews.net/kelly-ripa-t...
Kelly Ripa Drops Bombshell Stories about All My Children Reboot, Marrying Mark Consuelos & More
Kelly Ripa visits Soapy to share untold stories from All My Children, meeting Mark Consuelos, and balancing fame, career, and motherhood.
soapoperanews.net

Sports econ study. How much do these floors reduce ratings?
Look at CJ McCollum

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Look at CJ McCollum

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The women abused by Justin Tucker and Art Briles have to carry those scars for the rest of their lives. Itโ€™s not to much to ask that Tucker and Briles should, too, rather than being given chances at redemption.
Art Briles, Justin Tucker getting second chances they don't deserve
If our society valued women, Justin Tucker and Art Briles would be pariahs. Instead, they're enjoying second chances despite the harm they've caused.
www.usatoday.com

Many men believe they are "experts" when it comes to football (which they watch every week!).

Many of these "experts" are shocked when the "best" team plays badly and loses. And they are shocked when a "bad" team plays well and wins.

Happens every damn week.

Every week it shocks the "experts".

As a Lions fan, I was a huge fan of Matthew Stafford.

Once he left for LA... I learned I am definitely not the kind of person who becomes friends with their ex. Once you leave, I am actively rooting against you!

My wife says she is the same! ๐Ÿ˜‚

I love this joke!
Are we not even making our own disinformation? What happened to American manufacturing?
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

If your NFL team lost this weekend, your season's over.
If your team won -- but didn't win by enough (see Lions) -- your season is also over.

Basically, everyone's season is over. There will be no Super Bowl. No one is good enough!

Bad Bunny will be asked to perform for 4 hours instead of a game.
Are we not even making our own disinformation? What happened to American manufacturing?
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

Economists have advocated free trade from the beginning. Using technology to export rage seems perfectly consistent with the work of David Ricardo.

So... bravo on finding an export market!

If it wasn't so sad and dangerous it would be funny!
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

Reposted by David J. Berri

Full disclosure: Iโ€™ve lost nearly 40 paid subscribers since leaving Substack and this newsletter is 2/3 of my income. If you want to support an independent trans journalist, this is a great way to do so. bit.ly/ooylsagseaso...
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

I would add Dolly Parton and Diana Ross.

And Frank Sinatra.

Doesn't Cher exist in this timeline?

Joe Jackson of Kansas State has only rushed for 100 yards in a game once in his college career. And that was just 110 yards.

In the first half today in Utah he already has 229 yards rushing.

One suspects he will tell the story of this game for the rest of his life!

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Variety declares Ariana Grande the first successful pop star turner movie star. Who is your favorite failed pop star turned actor?

https://www.reddit.com/r/okbuddycinephile/comments/1p3nlnm/variety_declares_ariana_grande_the_first/
Variety declares Ariana Grande the first successful pop star turner movie star. Who is your favorite failed pop star turned actor?
r/okbuddycinephile
www.reddit.com

Michigan-UConn is a great game for a Friday night!!
โ€œClaudia Sahm, a former Fed economist who blasted Summers and others for sexism in a widely shared and highly critical 2020 blog post, sounded vindicated. โ€œOkay, so maybe I wasnโ€™t too mean to himโ€ฆโ€ she said on social media after the emails were made public last week.โ€ www.wsj.com/us-news/larr...
How Larry Summersโ€™s Power Delayed the Reckoning Over His Epstein Ties
The former Treasury Secretary and Harvard presidentโ€™s enormous network and clout kept him immune from past Jeffrey Epstein revelations. But this time was just too much.
www.wsj.com

If you listen to women (and men should do this without talking) you will discover that many men in academia do bad things to women.

This also occurs elsewhere.

You find this out when you start listening.
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.

Just want to say that every dog I have ever had protected the house against people creeping up to the house.

And in my neighborhood, anyone creeping around houses in ski masks would likely be noticed by everyone.

Really... who are these criminals in these commercials? ๐Ÿ˜‚

Supposedly I have more than 6,000 followers on Twitter and only 2,000 followers here.

But when I comment here, I get many responses. On Twitter I am lucky if I get one or two.

Of course... different story before the "genius" took over at Twitter.

The player's ain't buying the latest league proposal!

www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Why? The league keeps saying the same thing (see the following: wagesofwins.substack.com/p/what-about...)

And what is being proposed is only great for the league: wagesofwins.substack.com/p/highly-luc...
Sources: Players unmoved by WNBA's proposal
The WNBPA feels the league's latest CBA proposal misses the mark and does not include a system where the salary cap and player salaries sufficiently grow with the business, sources told ESPN.
www.espn.com
Larry Summersโ€™s co-teacher at Harvard:

โ€œWe will miss his insights and his wisdomโ€

Student:

โ€œNO WE WONโ€™Tโ€

dude pretends he doesnโ€™t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.

It is said that the game of football is a middle managers dream. So many meetings!!

If academics administrators were football coaches, the score wouldnโ€™t be based on points. It would be based on meetings held in the game!!

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I am curious who Harvard is going to have take over Summers classes. My understanding is these were large sections.

If this is a junior-faculty member, they are going to have take on the grading of all these students while juggling their classes and conducting their research.

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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