| Description |
viii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Revenue sports pay for nonrevenue sports -- An arms race drives college sports spending -- Athletic departments are a drag on the university budget -- Conference revenue sharing levels the football field and basketball court -- Pay-for-play will bankrupt college athletic departments -- Title IX compliance must come at the cost of men's participation -- The FBS playoff will be better than the BCS -- Owners and general managers are inept -- Owners lose money on their sports teams -- Player salary demands increase ticket prices -- Failure to act on the issue of competitive balance is hurting some sports leagues -- Player drafts and revenue sharing will improve competitive balance -- Owners should be more vigilant in policing performance-enhancing drugs -- Everybody loses when labor-management relations go south -- Major League Baseball should emulate the National Football League. |
| Summary |
Fort and Winfree apply sharp economic analysis to bust some of the most widespread urban legends about college and professional athletics. Each chapter takes apart a common misconception, showing how the assumptions behind it fail to add up, how these myths perpetuate themselves and, ultimately, how they serve a handful of powerful parties -- such as franchise owners, reporters, and players -- at the expense of the larger community of sports fans. |
| Subject |
Sports -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Sports -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Sports and state -- United States.
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Professional sports -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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College sports -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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College sports -- Economic aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00867929
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Professional sports -- Economic aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01078530
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Sports -- Economic aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01130450
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Winfree, Jason (Jason A.), author.
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| Added Title |
Fifteen sports myths and why they're wrong |
| ISBN |
9780804774369 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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0804774366 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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