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NFL scarcity strategy drives outsized revenue

The NFL makes far more money than baseball, basketball, or hockey despite playing only 17 regular-season games versus their 82-162, showing that engineered scarcity of games does not hurt and arguably drives its revenue as a phenomenally successful cartel.

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Speaker

Stephen Dubner

Evidence Quote

Baseball plays 162 games a year. Hockey and basketball play 82 games a year. The NFL has 17 regular-season games a year, and yet they make way more money than the rest.

Source

Twenty Years of Freakonomics (with Stephen Dubner)EconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:23:34 AM

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