Stumbling on wins
Subtitle: two economists expose the pitfalls on the road to victory in professional sports
By: David J. Berri, Martin B. Schmidt.
Contributors: Schmidt, Martin B.
Publisher: FT Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780132357784
Subjects: Professional sports -- Economic aspects -- United States; Professional sports -- Social aspects -- United States
Table of contents: title: Maybe the fans are right; title: Defending Isiah; title: The search for useful stats; title: Football in black and white; title: Finding the face of the franchise; title: The pareto principle and drafting mistakes; title: Inefficient on the field; title: Is it the teacher or the student?; title: Painting a bigger picture.