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Pay Dirt : The Business of Professional Team Sports /
Why would a Japanese millionaire want to buy the Seattle Mariners baseball team, when he has admitted that he has never played in or even seen a baseball game? Cash is the answer: major league baseball, like professional football, basketball, and hockey, is now big business with the potential to bri...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
1997.
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| Edición: | Updated pbk. ed. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The market for sports franchises
- Taxes, taxes, and more taxes
- Stadiums and arenas
- The reserve clause and antitrust laws
- Why do pro athletes make so much money?
- Competitive balance in sports leagues
- Rival leagues and league expansion: baseball, basketball, and hockey
- Rival leagues: the great football wars.