May 24, 2010
SUU economics professor uses stats to debunk conventional sports wisdom (Deseret News)
David Berri is the ultimate armchair quarterback. An economist by vocation, a sports fan by avocation, he has wedded his two passions in the writing of two books. The result is an entertaining romp through sports that sometimes turns conventional thinking on its ear.
If Berri is to be believed, field goals are overrated, basketball coaches are superfluous, the NBA is clueless when it comes to determining the value of players, punting is overused, and winning an NBA title is just about impossible (sorry, Jazz fans).
Berri, a sports economist and professor of applied economics at Southern Utah University, has earned a national reputation for some of the conclusions he has advanced in his books, “Wages of Wins” and the recently released “Stumbling on Wins.”
Read the entire article at deseretnews.com.
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