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Hard Ball: The Abuse of Power in Pro Team Sports

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 | #1633275 in Books |  Princeton University Press |  2010-01-10 |  2010-01-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.21 x.56 x6.14l,.77 | File type: PDF | 246 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent discussion of the monopoly power in pro sports|By James Armstrong|Finally! I've been waiting for an entire book devoted to the monopoly power in pro sports ever since reading Stephen Ross's chapter in "The Business of Professional Sports" advocating the breakup of these monopolies. Quirk and Fort's Hard Ball fits the bill nicely and advances many of the same views|.com |As important as it is depressing, Hard Ball takes a serious look at how professional sports in America has fans and communities in a vise grip. Salaries are out of control. Labor disputes and contract renegotiations are reported next to the standin

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 b...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Hard Ball: The Abuse of Power in Pro Team Sports   |  James Quirk, Rodney D. Fort. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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