When Michael Lewis published Moneyball in 2003, it instantly became one of the most influential books about American sports in a generation. Michael Lewis, normally a financial writer, analyzed how baseball's Oakland A's managed to consistently produce highly competitive teams despite a payroll that was a fraction of their biggest rivals.

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CNBC has an interesting post by their "Sports Business Reporter" regarding the proposed "Lingerie Football League" which, while it's certainly worth noting for those among you who have an interest in seeing comely young ladies smashing into each other while wearing their unmentionables - and let he who is without sin among us cast the first stone - there really wouldn't be much of an excuse to mention it on BigSoccer except for this:
THE WRITER SAYS THAT AMONG THE POTENTIAL OWNERS are two MLS team investor/operators. Click to continue reading...

- Billy Beane, the Oakland Athletics GM and overall baseball genius, is set to deliver a keynote speech at the ‘Future of Football Conference' in London on November 20th. The 'Moneyball' author and innovator will play a role in the rebirth of the San Jose Earthquakes of the MLS and is looking to learn something about maximizing talent from the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson, Sam Allardyce, and Howard Wilkinson. Click to continue reading...