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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · 27d

The Autumn series of the Reading Online Sports Economics Seminars (ROSES) starts tomorrow! We have another set of talks to take us through to Christmas, and we'll meet each Friday at 2:30pm UK time.

The first talk tomorrow is by me, on home and away fans at football!

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Economics Observatory @econ-observatory.bsky.social · Jun 26

⚽️ Football economics: are the lower league clubs getting left behind? By @jjreade.bsky.social‬
NEW on the Economics Observatory

Football economics: are the lower league clubs getting left behind? - Economics Observatory

On 1 June 2025, over 52,000 people went to Wembley stadium to watch Oldham Athletic versus Southend United in the play-off final of English football’s fifth division. This was a record crowd for such…

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Georgy Shukaylo @georgyshukaylo.bsky.social · May 2

Thank you to @jjreade.bsky.social for hosting another successful ROSES seminar last week. In case you missed it, please find the link attached:

youtu.be/psKP3_mIz28?...

ROSES 195 Georgy Shukaylo, Univ. of Michigan, "Stubborn Scorecards: Analyzing Belief Perseverance"

YouTube video by James Reade

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Research at Reading @uor-research.bsky.social · Mar 21

Footballers taking penalty kicks are sometimes sacrificing the best shots to prioritise their credibility, suggests an award-winning study co-authored by James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social.

rdg.ac/4iHIBrF

#Economics #Football #SportEconomics

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Mar 20

March 21 Alex Krumer, Molde University College, “Religion, Football and Reconciliation. Evidence from Israel”

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Feb 27

February 28 Tazio Panzani, University of Perugia, “How Fans React to Prices and Performance: Historical Evidence from Italian Serie A”

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Feb 19

February 21 Scott R. Baker, Kellogg School of Management, “Gambling Away Stability: Sports Betting’s Impact on Vulnerable Households”

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Feb 8

Here's the YouTube from @wagesofwins.bsky.social's talk yesterday on the gender wage gap in professional US basketball:

youtu.be/EXSbsaIQ8Hg?...

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 31

We're shortly going ahead with this!

DM me if you want to join.

James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 9

January 31 Jennifer Dorling, Bond University, “Mental Toughness in Sports People”

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 17

We then wrap up on Saturday afternoon with Oldham's crunch National League clash against Sutton United.

Discounts for students and #oafc season ticket holders, register now and join us next month!

The event is sponsored by Sports Economics Review, a journal published by Elsevier.

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 17

The event runs all of Feb 14, with our evening speaker being Avram Grant (former Chelsea and West Ham manager), and moderator is Daily Mail journalist and #oafc fan Mike Keegan.

On Saturday historian Tony Collins will talk about how Oldham became a football town.

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 17

Join us for what will be a fascinating day and a half of talks from a whole host of contributors - from Price of Football author and podcast host Kieran Maguire, Christina Philippou and Stefan Szymanski on football finance, to Jack Coles and David Sharpe on football analytics.

#oafc

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 17

Until Latics start posting here, I'll have to do it myself 😀

Registration is now open for a Football Finance and Analytics - Past, Present and Future Conference at Boundary Park, home of Oldham Athletic #oafc on February 14-15

www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/events/footb...

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David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · Jan 9

Very much looking forward to giving this paper at ROSES on February 7th. The talk will be recorded and posted on YouTube.

This will be focused entirely on the gender wage gap in the WNBA!

Thanks to @jjreade.bsky.social for hosting me virtually!

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 9

February 7 Dave Berri, Southern Utah University, “Exploring the Gender Wage Gap in a World of Exogenous Revenues. The Case of Professional Basketball” @wagesofwins.bsky.social

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 9

January 31 Jennifer Dorling, Bond University, “Mental Toughness in Sports People”

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 9

January 24 David Castells-Quintana, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, “Club football and economic dynamism: A regional analysis for Europe”

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 9

Note that January 20 is the Abstract submission deadline for the Second University of Maryland Baltimore County Sports Economics Conference. Submit paper titles and a 200-word abstract, with contact information, to Dennis Coates coates (at) umbc.edu.

Welcome To UMBC - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County

This year’s rankings show UMBC jumping an impressive 25 spots on the list of Best National Universities and appearing on several other prestigious lists,

umbc.edu

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 9

January 17 is currently a free slot (a previous calendar conflict I had on this date has been resolved) - get in touch if you would like to present.

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 9

January 10 Rhys Murrian, Monash University, "Friends, Key Players and the Adoption and Use of Experience Goods”

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 9

The Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars return for 2025 tomorrow! Three months of top economics and sport on Teams each Friday at 2:30pm UK.

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 2

And, fwiw, I recognise I could be wrong! I know I'm not on the losses, but perhaps Tamworth don't care about touts.

I was very wrong about the prospect we might get a new owner, let alone one better than the last one, as bad as he was. I'm very pleased I was wrong on that, too!

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 2

Let's agree to differ? I believe touting to be an issue that matters here and would mean significant revenues going to touts rather than a tiny, loss-making NL club.

You don't, and that's fine.

We can both at least agree that it would be nice if ticket prices were lower?

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 1

I'm not saying it's impossible.

What I'm saying is that despite technology it remains an issue. So I suspect it's not that easy to solve.

And it's certainly not going to be National League Tamworth that solve it for a one off cup match.

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · Jan 1

Who enforces the non transferability of a ticket?

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