Brendan Novak

he/him | all bad opinions my own, the good ones you can have for free

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

It's underrated the extent to which old age benefits can help the children of recipients

[kate wehwalt @mcmansionhell]

the new york times has egregiously ripped off my blog so many times by now i have to think it's personal https://t.co/de9CD35tEh

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

@ParisPhl Should still be cheaper imo the $6 hoagies during hoagiefest are pretty much my exact willingness to pay

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

An eight-month study found that AI tools made productivity surge—as well as cognitive fatigue, unsustainable hours, and other problems. https://t.co/kNp8o358FP

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

Don't understand why Mourinho hasn't got into the pundit game yet. He isn't totally washed as a manager and I've enjoyed his late-career stints but he just has so much more to offer on camera than on the touchline

[Miss ADEL🦋🦚🌹 @a_derll]

🗣️ Gareth Bale: "I loved working with Mourinho at Tottenham."

🗣️ José Mourinho: “At that time Bale was already thinking about winning the Masters at Augusta."

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

@DavidAstinWalsh He's wrong (mostly) about the apartment. Though if Peggy holds onto that bad boy for 50 years maybe its another tick in the Abe column

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

@justin_sweitzer This is not really consistent at all with the definition used elsewhere on the page: "anywhere in Pennsylvania where residents no longer have reasonable access to a local pharmacy." I get this is an advocacy group but this is pretty misleading

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

@justin_sweitzer They use a very odd definition of a "pharmacy desert" to produce this map: "a census tract where the travel time to the nearest pharmacy exceeded the time to access a supermarket."

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

Scorebug minimalism is out of control. Why does FOX not display the teams' records or even playoff seed?

[Danny Kelly @dannykellywords]

Thanks, Brennan. Engraved on Spurs hearts forever. Good luck, fella.

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

@_NotA_Bot_ If you're within walking distance of a PATCO station it is also slightly cheaper, because NJ transit has an upcharge for trips that begin/end in PA. That said, it's hard to beat a one seat ride

[Nathan @NathanAClark]

My thoughts regarding Tottenham Hotspur Football Club at this time.

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

fw: @Phillies

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

@jfurf @agraybee Why would resellers buy tickets to sell at a loss on the secondary marketplace?

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

@JacobBNH1 @agraybee https://t.co/kZq1SVf0xM
Hence the fire sale prices (and empty seats).

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

@JacobBNH1 @agraybee To your point, we saw a very similar pricing strategy play out this past summer with the FIFA CWC. By matchday FIFA had low-interest games (most of them) at a 60-90% discount to get in the door. And there were still plenty of empty seats.

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

@JacobBNH1 @agraybee The initial market *is* a monopoly, which ideally devolves into a more or less open market with resales. But if the initial market price (set unilaterally by FIFA) is too high, the resale market fails to materialize as there is no incentive for arbitrage. This happened with CWC

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

@JacobBNH1 @agraybee To your point, we saw a very similar pricing strategy play out this past summer with the FIFA CWC. By matchday FIFA had low-interest games (most of them) at a 60-90% discount to get in the door. And there were still plenty of empty seats.

[Brendan Novak @NovakBrendan]

@JacobBNH1 @agraybee In the hypothetical market with perfect competition, sure. But the market is currently a monopoly, in which the seller has total pricing power.