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The economics of professional team sports /

Do dominant teams kill public interest in professional sports? Do spectators relish close contest and unpredictable results? Are sports stars overpaid? Will recent changes to sports broadcasting undermine the traditional organisation of professional team sports? To address these, and other issues, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Downward, Paul, 1964- (Autor), Dawson, Alistair, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Do dominant teams kill public interest in professional sports? Do spectators relish close contest and unpredictable results? Are sports stars overpaid? Will recent changes to sports broadcasting undermine the traditional organisation of professional team sports? To address these, and other issues, this text offers a survey of the economic literature on sporting leagues, the demand for professional team sports and the players' labour market. Amongst the topics discussed are the US system of franchising and draft picks and the chances of their being adopted elsewhere, the implications of player strikes, the onset of pay-per-view and digital television, and the relatively new notion that sport is a business like any other.
Do dominant teams kill public interest in professional sports? Do spectators relish close contest and unpredictable results? This text offers a survey of the economic literature on sporting leagues, the demand for professional team sports and the players' labour market.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index.
ISBN:0203460243
9780203460245
9780415208734
0415208734
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