Sports Inflation

To be a sports fan is to risk sensory overload. I’m going to organize an office pool on next year’s bowl games. Not on who will win—on how many are televised.

The number of sports events is staggering. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a new expansion team comes into existence every nine minutes; another player becomes a free agent every 38 seconds. This has been going on for years now. Every half-hour a player is inducted into a Hall of Fame. The Bureau’s projections indicate that within twenty years, every other American will belong to some professional team.

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To be a sports fan is to risk sensory overload. I’m going to organize an office pool on next year’s bowl games. Not on who will win—on how many are televised.

The number of sports events is staggering. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a new expansion team comes into existence every nine minutes; another player becomes a free agent every 38 seconds. This has been going on for years now. Every half-hour a player is inducted into a Hall of Fame. The Bureau’s projections indicate that within twenty years, every other American will belong to some professional team.