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Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update) | Freakonomics Radio
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The lower pay for running backs is a rational outcome driven by the fact that passing plays have a higher marginal value than running plays.
“The economist in me understands that marginal value is what matters and that's what's happening.”
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