A Brief History of the Black Quarterback: An Economist’s View

A Brief History of the Black Quarterback: An Economist’s View

by David J. Berri, Martin B. Schmidt
Released March 2010
Publisher(s): Pearson
ISBN: 9780131389199

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Book description

This Element is an excerpt from Stumbling On Wins: Two Economists Expose the Pitfalls on the Road to Victory in Professional Sports (9780132357784) by David J. Berri and Martin B. Schmidt. Available in print and digital formats.

Running the numbers in the NFL: are great black quarterbacks paid less than great white quarterbacks?

At lower levels of productivity and salary, there is not much difference between how black and white quarterbacks are treated. A difference is observed when one looks at the game’s very best quarterbacks. Specifically, white quarterbacks who excel are paid more than similarly productive black quarterbacks. It appears there’s a difference in how the best quarterbacks are perceived…

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  • Title: A Brief History of the Black Quarterback: An Economist’s View
  • Author(s): David J. Berri, Martin B. Schmidt
  • Release date: March 2010
  • Publisher(s): Pearson
  • ISBN: 9780131389199