Academic Publications
2016 Publications
Pielke, Jr., R. A. 2016. The Edge: The War against Cheating and Corruption in the Cutthroat World of Elite Sports. Roaring Forties Press.
Pielke, Jr., R., 2016. Sporting autonomy stands in the way of fair play, Public Finance International.
Pielke, Jr. R., 2016. The key sports law issues in the USA in 2016, Law in Sport.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2016. Punishing athletes for the mistakes of sport’s administrators. Sports Integrity Initiative, August 12.
Pielke, Jr., R. and S. Harris, 2016. Who needs independent experts?, Global Sports Impact Report.
Tucker, R. and R. Pielke, Jr. 2016. IAAF, Adidas, Doping and the Internal Contradictions of the WADA Report, Sporting Intelligence.
2015 Publications
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2015. Anti-Doping Agencies Are Failing in Assessing the Scale of the Drugs Problem. Sporting Intelligence (This is published with a companion piece), January 28.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2015. EPO in cycling, HGH in the NFL - The complicated truths of cheating. Sporting Intelligence, March 12.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2015. FIFA paid $88.6m in salaries in 2014. We can guesstimate Blatter’s take at $6m+. Sporting Intelligence, March 20.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2015. FIFA presidential candidate seeking true reform? Here’s your checklist. Sporting Intelligence, August 3.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2015. Gather Data to Reveal True Extent of Doping in Sport. Nature (This is published with a companion piece), January 28.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2015. How do organisations clean up after corruption scandals?. Transparency International, July 24.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2015. Keeping score at FIFA. Transparency International, August 10.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2015. Obstacles to Accountability in International Sports Governance. Global Corruption Report: Sport, April.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2015. Sprinters don’t improve after 30. Gatlin’s feats are incredible. Sporting Intelligence, July 20.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2015. What makes a ‘super club’ ? ... And are these the world’s biggest? Sporting Intelligence Global Sports Salaries Survey, 61 pp., May.
2014 Publications
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. A doping conundrum: Just $6m a year on developing new tests, $350m on testing. Sporting Intelligence, July 21.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. A Lack of Reliable Doping Data Puts the Spirit of Sport in Peril. Sporting Intelligence, September 30.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. An Evaluation of the FIFA Governance Reform Process of 2011-2013. Managing the Football World Cup, Ed. S. Frawley and D. Adair197-221, Palgrave Macmillan, December 2.Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. Bankers and bookies oust FIFA as best bets for World Cup forecasts. Sporting Intelligence, June 24.
Pielke, Jr., R. A.., 2014. Can FIFA’s Corruption Be Stopped?. Foreign Policy, November 16.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. The data’s clear: Soccer is becoming more significant in the US sporting landscape. Sporting Intelligence, September 12.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. Dutee Chand, science and the spirit of sport: Why IAAF policy is deeply flawed. Sporting Intelligence, October 20.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. Fifa has bigger problems than corruption alone. Soccer Economics, May 7.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. Germany: Deserving, obvious World Cup winners (almost nobody predicted). Sporting Intelligence, July 16.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. Measuring the 'Tiger effect' - doubling of Tour prizes, billions into players’ pockets. Sporting Intelligence, August 6.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. Sport does not exist in a vacuum. Fifa has a responsibility to act on Russia. Sporting Intelligence July 29.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. The top 20 teams in England pay $2.9BN in wages a year. All of MLS pays $129.5m. Sporting Intelligence, October 30.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. Upsets, giant-killings, adios, bye-bye: FIFA rankings STILL ahead in predicting results. Sporting Intelligence, June 20.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2014. US immigration policy negatively impacts US Soccer. Law in Sport, January 12.
2013 Publications
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2013.On Lance Armstrong: Why Sports Need Stronger Institutions. The Breakthrough Institute, January 29.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2013. How can FIFA be Held Accountable? Sport Management Review, January 15.
2012 Publications
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2012. The Politics of Prediction: A Review of Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise (Penguin, 2012). The Breakthrough Institute, September 17.
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2012. Science, Sex and the Olympics. OST: Bridges, July.
2011 Publications
Pielke, Jr., R. A., 2011. What are the Prospects for FIFA Reform?. Transparency International's Space for Transparency, September 26.