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Christian, family, #oafc, economist, in that order.

My comments are my own and reflect nothing else.
Didcot, Oxfordshire sites.google.com/site/jjamesrea… Joined October 2009
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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.
The Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES) start again NEXT week, September 13.

We will run through to Christmas with more presentations on work in economics relating to sport.

We meet on @MicrosoftTeams at 2:30pm UK time each Friday.

@UniofReading @UniRdg_Research
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This is a fundamental point, and a really interesting one too.

I wrote something about this last week: jamesreade.substack.com/p/lost-resourc…

Usually we try and explain match outcomes by what teams do right - shots on target, xG. Need more metrics on what teams do wrong in the model...
jamesreade.substack.com Lost resources Applying my limited cricketing understanding to football
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No I don’t. Every single game will have more mistakes by players than refs.
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Seems somewhat problematic.
Szymon Szemberg @Sz1909_Szemberg 4d
Swiss reporter Thomas Renggli writes that Italian lawyer Giulio Palermo, who chaired the CAS panel which allowed the return of Russia to IIHF hockey, had appeared as a speaker at an arbitration conference in Moscow a few weeks earlier. CAS knew nothing about its own judge's trip. It raises the question about the integrity of the CAS panel and its decision.
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As someone who has done a bit of research in this area over many years, this is hugely important to me.

The way gambling interacts with everyday life has changed dramatically over the years and we need to make sure we're understanding what that means for things we care about.
Gambling Policy Commission Verified account @gampolcom 4d
NEW: A group of leading economists and experts has today launched an independent review of UK gambling laws and regulations, alongside an open call for evidence.

The Gambling Policy Commission comes over 20 years after the publication of the Budd Report and the introduction of the 2005 Gambling Act. It is comprised of former advisers to the Bank of England, HM Treasury, the Independent Football Regulator and the Social Mobility Commission.

Read more: gampol.org/news-reports/l…
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