Free Agent, Professor, and Superforecaster
Earlier this summer, I wrote a post about the 2022 World Cup. Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup in December of 2010 at a meeting in Zürich. Usually, facts like the time of year and the place a decision happened are inconsequential. However, from what we know about decision-making, it’s possible that these small factors may …
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A couple of days ago, I saw a headline that the FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, was going to ask the executive committee to consider moving the 2022 World Cup, set to be played in Qatar (a country that borders Saudi Arabia), to the Winter. It seems to me that this should have been considered when …
Continue reading “Who Wants to Play Sports in 122° Weather, in the Middle East, in the Summer?”
A couple of weeks back, I wrote a post about the top 10 FIFA goals of 2012. In the list, there were a collection of goals, some of which were “one-timers” and some of which were the result of a great deal of individual effort. Well, on Thursday, FIFA highlighted the top 3 vote-getting goals. …
Continue reading “The Wisdom of the Crowd Has Spoken: One-Timers It Is!”
[Editor’s note: I didn’t realize that I was missing an ‘R’ in the title until after this post was already published. As a result, the permalink to this page does not include an ‘R’ in “one-timer,” but the title now does.] First, I want to recognize that most of the world refers to “soccer” as …
Continue reading “Which Type of [Soccer] Goal Do You Prefer: Individual Effort or One-Timers?”
Jeremiah Stanghini 