By John Considine
In late January, a game between Chelsea and Liverpool in the Women's Super League was abandoned after six minutes. The decision to play the game on a frozen pitch seemed strange. The various media outlet had a field day discussing the issue, e.g. here is Sky Sports' "The Football Show" discussing the issue. There was growing support for the idea that WSL grounds needed undersoil heating. Some of the contributions to the debate would have been at home in Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek.
In Trekonomics Manu Saadia discusses the difference between the virtual world of the space ship's holodeck and the real world. Scarcity and trade-offs do not feature prominently in the holodeck. You can build your own world. Perfect grounds. Perfect weather. That is not the world faced by the WSL. It is not even the world faced by the Premier League. Resources are scarce. A more consider view of the situation came from the Arsenal manager. Jonas Eidevall said "We need to take good decisions on where the investment should be going to grow the game in the long term and I'm very doubtful that should be put into undersoil heating at the moment". There are plenty of needs/wants and limited resources. It is important that they are put to best use.
In Trekonomics Manu Saadia discusses the difference between the virtual world of the space ship's holodeck and the real world. Scarcity and trade-offs do not feature prominently in the holodeck. You can build your own world. Perfect grounds. Perfect weather. That is not the world faced by the WSL. It is not even the world faced by the Premier League. Resources are scarce. A more consider view of the situation came from the Arsenal manager. Jonas Eidevall said "We need to take good decisions on where the investment should be going to grow the game in the long term and I'm very doubtful that should be put into undersoil heating at the moment". There are plenty of needs/wants and limited resources. It is important that they are put to best use.
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