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"What can possibly account for the strange state of affairs in professional sports today? There are billionaire owners and millionaire players, but both groups are constantly squabbling over money. Many pro teams appear to be virtual "cash machines," generating astronomical annual revenues, but their owners seem willing to uproot them and move to any city willing to promise increased profits. At the same time, mayors continue to cook up "sweetheart deals" that lavish benefits on wealthy teams while imposing crushing financial hardships on cities that are already strapped with debt. To fans today, professional sports teams often look more like professional extortionists. 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." "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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Economic aspects, Economic aspects of Professional sports, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of Professional sports, Professional sports, Sports, economic aspects, Sports, moral and ethical aspects, Sports professionnels, Aspect economique, Aspect moral, Aspect économiquePlaces
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Hard ball: the abuse of power in pro team sports
1999, Princeton University Press
in English
0691058172 9780691058177
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-228) and index.
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