New Gladwell Article

[Fan from VT]

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7021031/the-nets-nba-economics

Worth the read, at least. Speaks to the issue that even concerning one of the worst teams in the league financially, both the buyer and seller are Winning, while crying about "losing."

Then a nice little wrap up with the incredible consolidation/separation of wealth in this country being a very recent phenomenon.

[action781]

Decent article, but I probably say it mostly because I'm biased towards the side that his article is favoring.  I'm not crazy about Gladwell as a writer in general.  I find him to be too anecdotal and presents these anecdotes as if they are proof of his arguments.  He's somewhat doing the same here.

[Cman]

Decent article, but I probably say it mostly because I'm biased towards the side that his article is favoring.  I'm not crazy about Gladwell as a writer in general.  I find him to be too anecdotal and presents these anecdotes as if they are proof of his arguments.  He's somewhat doing the same here.

This is a good analysis of my take on Gladwell as well.

[gift]

this is a really good follow up to his last grantland article.  he made a bold argument that professional sports shouldn't be run like other businesses and that franchises had "other values", be it psychological, emotional or otherwise.

i wanted to agree, but was left wishing he would prove it instead of just pose it.  i think he used a very outdated baseball example in that article.

here, he comes back again, this time with a great example of an "added value" of owning a professional sports franchise.  a value not dependent on the economics of running a team.