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100 1 $aLeifer, Eric Matheson.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88646790
245 10 $aMaking the majors :$bthe transformation of team sports in America /$cEric M. Leifer.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Press,$c1995.
300 $axiv, 378 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 361-371) and index.
520 $aIn this in-depth look at major league sports, Eric Leifer traces the growth and development of major leagues in baseball, football, basketball, and hockey, and predicts fundamental changes as the majors pursue international expansion. He shows how every past expansion of sports publics has been accompanied by significant changes in the way sporting competition is organized.
520 8 $aWith each reorganization, the majors have created teams closer in ability, only to expand and energize the public's search for differences between teams. "The phenomenal success of league sports," Leifer writes, "rests on their ability to manufacture inequalities for fans to latch on to without jeopardizing the equalities that draw fans in.".
520 8 $aLeifer supports his theory with historical detail and statistical analysis. He examines the special concerns of league organizers in pursuing competitive balance and presents a detailed analysis of how large-city domination has been undermined in the modern era of Major League Baseball. Using games from the four major league sports, he then shows how fans can themselves affect the course of competition.
520 8 $aIn NFL football, for example, fans account for nearly all of the persisting inequality in team performance. The possibility of sustaining inequality among equals emerges from the cross-pressures that fans and leagues place on competition.
520 8 $aLeifer offers a blueprint for future leagues, one where teams have detached themselves from U.S. cities and wander the globe sporting corporate identities. He shows how this future form best enables leagues to maintain the simultaneous equalities and inequalities needed to engage international audiences.
650 0 $aProfessional sports$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aSports teams$zUnited States$xHistory.
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