Hard Ball – The Abuse of Power in Pro Team Sports
Autor James P. Quirk, Rodney D. Forten Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2011
In Hard Ball, James Quirk and Rodney Fort take on a daunting challenge: explaining exactly how things have gotten to this point and proposing a way out. Both authors are professional economists who specialize in the economics of sports. Their previous book, Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports, is widely acknowledged as the Bible of sports economics. Here, however, they are writing for sports fans who are trying to make sense out of the perplexing world of pro team sports. It is not money, in itself, that is the cause of today's problems, they assert. In fact, the real problem stems from one simple fact: pro sports are monopolies that are fully sanctioned by the U.S. government. Eliminate the monopolies, say Quirk and Fort, and all problems can be solved. If the monopolies are allowed to persist, so will today's woes. The authors discuss all four major pro team sports: baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Hard Ball is filled with anecdotes, case studies, and factual information that are brought together here for the first time. Quirk and Fort devote chapters to the main protagonists in the pro sports saga--media, unions, players, owners, politicians, and leagues--before they offer their own prescription for correcting the ills that afflict sports today. The result is an engaging and persuasive book that is sure to be widely read, cited, and debated. It is essential reading for every fan.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780691146577
ISBN-10: 0691146578
Pagini: 248
Ilustrații: 24 tables
Dimensiuni: 156 x 233 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Princeton University Press
Locul publicării:Princeton, United States
ISBN-10: 0691146578
Pagini: 248
Ilustrații: 24 tables
Dimensiuni: 156 x 233 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Princeton University Press
Locul publicării:Princeton, United States
Notă biografică
James Quirk, until his retirement, was Professor of Economics at the California Institute of Technology. Rodney Fort is Professor of Economics at Washington State University. Together, Quirk and Fort wrote Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports (Princeton)