Stadium Stock Exchange
It's time for another year of MGoBlog Stadium Stock Exchange. Basically you buy and sell shares of NCAA football teams whose value is based on their regular season win total. I had a blast doing it last year. And buying Kansas week one at $0.50 a share was too easy.
http://www.stadiumse.com/accept/25/6372870890
Join if you would like to!
August 26th, 2014 at 4:11 PM ^
He supposedly fixed the methodology to prevent another Kansas / Duke situation from happening this year. We'll see.
August 26th, 2014 at 4:42 PM ^
What happened with Kansas/Duke last year?
August 26th, 2014 at 5:49 PM ^
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August 26th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^
Didn't know this existed before. Pretty cool way to keep interested in non-UM CFB happenings. Thanks for sharing!
August 26th, 2014 at 5:13 PM ^
I actually really enjoyed this simulation last year even though I didn't exactly do much more than break even (approximately) in the end. It was a neat exercise that, when it was over, made me feel like a fool for not buying up all of the Seminole stock and retiring to the Cayman Islands under a clever MGoPseudonym.
August 26th, 2014 at 5:16 PM ^
Anybody else having a problem making trades on their site? When I try to buy shares, the number of shares is just a dropdown box with only the option to buy '0' shares?
August 26th, 2014 at 5:35 PM ^
Hey guys,
Founder/CEO here. Glad you are back for Year Two.
MichTits, thanks for alerting us to this problem. We think it may be because JavaScript is disabled in your browser -- but we are working to fix this issue.
Regarding the Kansas/Duke situation - yes, we have totally rebuilt the trading engine to prevent this from happening. You'll notice that this year trades clear immediately, prices move much more quickly, and prices will also react to wins/losses much faster.
Would love to hear any feedback you have!
August 26th, 2014 at 6:42 PM ^
Just signed up and I'm playing around, found one feature suggestion quickly: It would be nice if we could filter stocks by conference.
August 26th, 2014 at 7:44 PM ^
That's a great suggestion! We'll definitely do that. We are also considering allowing people to buy stock in entire conferences (eg., buy/short shares in all Pac-12 teams at once). Is this something you'd be interested in doing?
August 27th, 2014 at 12:06 AM ^
I like that a lot. Especially during bowl season.
August 27th, 2014 at 9:32 AM ^
idea a lot. Good parallel to trading an index.
August 26th, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^
August 26th, 2014 at 7:12 PM ^
Prices are wayyyy too high for most teams. Almost all of my positions are short.
August 26th, 2014 at 7:45 PM ^
I agree that a lot of teams are overpriced! That said, prices should also include bowl games. So most teams have a shot at 13 games, some 14 games (for those who also play in a conf championship), and four teams may even play 15 games (with the new playoff). Curious, were you aware that this is/was the case? I don't think we're doing a good enough job making that clear.
August 26th, 2014 at 8:12 PM ^
August 27th, 2014 at 12:07 AM ^
Actually if I remember correctly it does include bowl games. So what I originally said is incorrect.
August 26th, 2014 at 7:16 PM ^
Michigan fanbase is ranked 1st right now. OSU @ 7th.