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649. Should Ohio State (and Michigan, and Clemson) Join the N.F.L.?
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Soccer leagues around the world use a promotion-and-relegation system to reward the best teams and punish the worst. We ask whether American sports fans would enjoy a similar system. (Part two of a two-part series.)
- SOURCES:
- Domonique Foxworth, sports analyst and former N.F.L. player.
- Stefan Szymanski, professor of sport management at the University of Michigan.
- Victor Matheson, professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross.
- RESOURCES:
- "'Root, root, root for the home team" did TV kill minor league baseball in the 1950s?" by Stefan Szymanski (University of Michigan, 2025).
- "European and North American Sports Differences (?): A Quarter Century on," by Stefan Szymanski (Principles and Paradoxes of Sports Economics, 2024).
- National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer, by Stefan Szymanski and Andrew Zimbalist (2006).
- EXTRAS:
- "When Is a Superstar Just Another Employee? (Update)," by Freakonomics Radio (2025).
- "The Longest Long Shot," by Freakonomics Radio (2016).
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