RT @TheEconomist: Does Leicester City’s success mean the correlation between payroll and points is weakening? https://t.co/9WhaEgvsUp http…
Footballing pay and performance
IN 2013 Sam Allardyce, then the manager of West Ham football club, came up with a no-nonsense explanation for footballing success. “Where you actually finish in the league depends on the money you’ve spent,” he bemoaned. “It’s a statistical fact, that.”