Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Zimbalist, Andrew  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : The bottom line [Texte imprimé] : observations and arguments on the sports business / Andrew Zimbalist

Publication : Philadelphia, PA : Temple University press, 2006

Description matérielle : viii, 304 p. ; 23 cm

Comprend : pt. I. Team management, finances, and value ; So you want to own a big-league ball team? ; Capital needs, political realities fuel new interest in sports offerings ; A Miami fish story ; Take stock in the tribe ; Has Milstein lost his mind? Not hardly ; If the Redskins are worth
pt. II. League structure, design, and performance ; Fewer families own sports teams : it's OK ; If competitive balance spoils the show, congress waits in the wings ; Selig, players both err early regarding competitive balance ; Talent decompression and competitive balance in Major League Baseball ; Minor-league basketball : there's a right way and a wrong way ; The commissioner's new clothes ; Baseball's competitive balance and the amateur draft ; Baseball's blue ribbon panel : good news and bad news ; NFL's revenue sharing saps will to win? ; The sports industry during recessions ; On contraction, Selig should change his mind again ; Un-fair ball ; Competitive balance is a problem ; How to reform the NHL's economic system ; MLS remains minor league, World Cup notwithstanding ; Beantown's new brain trust touches all the fans' bases ; The NFL's report card ; Trading deadline activity raises issue of baseball's competitive integrity ; The gold in baseball's diamond ; What went wrong with WUSA? ; Money game : baseball's short-lived rally ; No reason to break up the Yankees ; More financial smoke and mirrors from MLB ; Enough already : time to award D.C. a franchise ; Tweaking the NFL juggernaut ; Single entity, though alluring, won't solve hockey's problems ; British soccer fans, kicked again (with Stefan Szymanski) ; McClatchy is barking up the wrong tree.
pt. III. Stadiums : financing, mega-events, and economic development ; Fan Freedom and Community Protection Act of 1996 ; What's BOB really worth to Phoenix? ; Football stadium folly ; When teams move, protecting both fans and owners is tricky ; Now you see the Patriots, now you don't : NFL musical chairs ; Flawed Specter bill gets an A for effort ; A tale of facilities in two cities : Boston and Green Bay ; Share of ballpark :
pt. IV. Antitrust and labor relations ; Take me out to the cleaners ; Batter up, already ; Team profitability and labor peace ; This Bud's for a salary cap ; Let the market rule the basketball court ; The NBA lockout : who's dropping the ball? ; The NBA lockout : a postmortem ; "Jordan effect" won't rescue the NBA ; NBA players are doing fine, thank you ; Contraction and baseball's antitrust exemption? ; Baseball's addition through subtraction just doesn't add up ; Baseball's game of smoke and mirrors ; Baseball and D.C. for all the wrong reasons ; All right all you lawyers, play ball! ; Baseball : a deal can get done ; Labor relations heating up in the NBA ; The new baseball labor agreement is already at work ; NHL : time to stop blowing smoke and start real bargaining ; A-Rod capture makes dollars and sense ; What to do about the hockey mess ; Hockey owners give their sport a slap shot ; Monopoly's money.
pt. V. College sports and gender equity ; College sports : surplus or deficit? ; Make freshmen ineligible : only good can come of it ; Real reform, not tinkering, is needed in college sports ; The NCAA has lost its way ; Unsportsmanlike conduct ; CBS's big NCAA deal is no cure for what's ailing college sports ; Win one for the Gipper ; Backlash against Title IX : an end run around female athletes ; Has March madness gone mad? ; Pay for play in college sports : think twice ; College athletic success and donations : evidence is not encouraging ; The NCAA's new financial status report : good news or bad? ; College is not for everyone ; Should college athletes be paid? ; Making the (up)grade : tougher than it looks ; Another bowl game is not what the NCAA needs ; Numbers, facts don't back Title IX critics ; The BCS is ripe for reform ; Clarett has a compelling case for NFL eligibility ; Let Jeremy Bloom ski and play wide receiver ; Curb coaches' salaries and preserve Title IX gains ; Final word : million-dollar contracts for college coaches make little sense.
pt. VI. Media and the regulation of steroids ; Extreme is mediocre and XFL is the name ; The increasingly complex sports media landscape ; No easy answers for MLB's steroid scandal ; Reflections on the Super Bowl ; In steroids hearings, congress has its eye on the wrong ball ; Anti-doping : settle in for the long haul.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index

Sujet(s) : Sports -- Finances  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Sports -- Aspect économique  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Sports professionnels -- Aspect économique  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1592135129 (cloth). - ISBN 9781592135127 (alk. papercloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 1592135137 (pbk.). - ISBN 9781592135134 (pbk.). - ISBN 0592135137 (erroné) (alk. paper)

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