From your textbook:

• The Economics of Baseball Contraction:  By Roger Noll, Stanford economist, mentor of your author, and sports economics legend.
• The Historical Contraction in MLB (PDF):  By Scott Rosner at the University of Pennsylvania.
• MLB's Blue Ribbon Panel Report (PDF):  Commissioner Selig's hand-picked panel identifies MLB's problems and how to fix them.  There also was an Updated Supplement, 2001 (MSWord).
• Move the Expos to New York?  An idea in keeping with the lesson in the text about how to enhance competitive balance through economic competition.  From John Shea at the S.F. Chronicle.

Sports Market Outcomes, Current Topics:

[Here's a cool quote:  "Professional baseball is on the wane. Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way. If one or the other does not happen, bankruptcy stares every team in the face." — Chicago White Stockings owner Albert Spalding, 1881; from usatoday.com, harvested 2/14/03.]

• History of MLB "Luxury Tax" Payments:  Thanks to the AP and Maury Brown at The Business of Sport Network.
• NBA Revenue Sharing, As of 2008: John Lombardo at SportsBusiness Journal.
• Some MLB Owners Call for Salary Cap:  Is it competitive balance?  Or is it just using the economic downturn to try to redistribute from players to owners?
• Cap Enforcement Issues: The example of the Ilya Kovalchuk of the NHL's New Jersey Devils. Scott Burnside at ESPN.com.
• The Reorganization of New Zealand Rugby Union (PDF).  Maybe a bit far afield, but some interesting approaches to professionalization and a salary cap in an international context. Includes contributions by your textbook author.
• Unforseen Consequences of MLB's International Draft Policy:  Puerto Rican players are subject to the draft.  Are they at a competitive disadvantage relative to other Caribbean countries?
• Weidenbaum Center, Economics of Baseball:  A Washington University (St. Louis) conference including your textbook author.
• Baseball's Revenue Gap:  Pennant for Sale? (PDF file):  Congressional testimony by your textbook author, noted commentator Bob Costas, former Senator George Mitchell, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, fan organizer Frank Stadilus, columnist George Will, minor league owner Raymond Pecor and sports economist Andrew Zimbalist.
• Financial Analysts Look at MLB and the NHL:  Moag & Company reports. Just click:  "Research and Market Views" then "Industry Analysis."  The files are PDF.
• Pirates Make Money While Losing: After revenue sharing, that is. From the AP.
• Baseball's Losing Formula:  Michael Lewis (no, this one is a finance prof at Washington U in St. Louis) on why he thinks MLB's revenue sharing agreement isn't working.
• Encouraging Poverty: JC Bradbury buys into the same (il)logic of the impacts of revenue sharing in MLB at the NYT.
• Pittsburgh is NOT Alone: While Joe Posnanski gets right to the correct heart of it at SI.com.
• MLB Luxury Tax Pretty Much a Yankees/Red Sox Tax: From Maury Brown at bizofsports.com.
• Revenue Disparity Pressure Building in the NFL?:  Smaller-revenue owners sound the call.

Don't forget that all of the revenue, payroll, and winning percent data are at the Sports Business Data Pages!