What a World Cup Without the US Means for Fox – Cheddar Explains
24 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in sports economics Tags: soccer
Why Americans suck at soccer (well, the men)
23 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in sports economics Tags: soccer
Why Americans suck at soccer (well, the men)
22 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in sports economics Tags: soccer
Why Americans suck at soccer (well, the men)
22 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in sports economics Tags: soccer
How TV gave us the classic soccer ball
18 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in sports economics, television Tags: soccer
Following the money in European soccer
20 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in sports economics Tags: football, professional sport, soccer
Europe's top 30 football clubs by revenue. Interesting how many not v good English clubs have Champions League income http://t.co/0ZQydU5AuA—
paulkirby (@paul1kirby) September 09, 2015
World Cup host country spending
03 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in sports economics Tags: bribery and corruption, soccer, World Cup
The World Cup is a huge deal to Qatar bloom.bg/1JWRtW4 http://t.co/4RxIevaY0k—
Bloomberg VisualData (@BBGVisualData) June 02, 2015
The Qatar World Cup has a terrible safety record
12 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, labour economics, sports economics Tags: Qatar, soccer, World Cup
"The shocking human toll of FIFA’s corruption" – The Washington Post – wapo.st/1cjC0BZ @BrankoMilan http://t.co/NXa5dqPOVk—
Old Whig (@aClassicLiberal) May 27, 2015
How Qatar is the odd man out in World Cup hosting
01 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Six ways in which Qatar doesn't make a lot of sense as a World Cup host 53eig.ht/1BpVlrH #FIFA http://t.co/0N87zTO07x—
(@FiveThirtyEight) May 30, 2015
Football or soccer?
09 May 2015 Leave a comment
in sports economics Tags: soccer
Football vs Soccer – brilliantmaps.com/football-vs-so… http://t.co/rqCQ2YT7b2—
Brilliant Maps (@BrilliantMaps) April 29, 2015
300,000 fans descended on Wembley for the 1923 FA Cup Final
09 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
300,000 fans descended on Wembley for the 1923 FA Cup Final, causing a delay in the kick off #FACup #football http://t.co/4uAo2Pg81n—
History in pics (@history_inpics) March 09, 2014
Stranger than fiction: The reason why Zinedine Zidane was almost sacked as main coach of real Madrid B
30 Jan 2015 1 Comment
in economics of regulation, occupational regulation, rentseeking, sports economics Tags: Eurosclerosis, occupational regulation, soccer, Spain
Zinedine Zidane is one of the top 5 soccer players of all time (World Cup 1998, Euro Cup 2000, etc).
He retired and became assistant coach for Real Madrid in 2013 and in August 2014, main coach for Real Madrid B.
A director of the Spanish National Football Coach Education Centre because he does not have a three year higher education degree in Soccer coaching.
Zinedine Zidane was fined and expelled from Spanish league. His lawyer found a loophole due to his French citizenship and saved the day.
Zidane made his professional debut aged 16. Too busy becoming one of the greatest players of all time to spend three years at university. He spent his first weeks at his first club mainly on cleaning duty as a punishment for punching an opponent who mocked his ghetto origins.
HT: Lee Ohanian via John Cochrane
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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