An edition of Hard ball (1999)

Hard ball

the abuse of power in pro team sports

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An edition of Hard ball (1999)

Hard ball

the abuse of power in pro team sports

"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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Language
English
Pages
233

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Hard ball: the abuse of power in pro team sports
1999, Princeton University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-228) and index.

Published in
Princeton, N.J

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
796.04/4/0973
Library of Congress
GV716 .Q566 1999, GV716.Q566 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 233 p. ;
Number of pages
233

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL376474M
ISBN 10
0691058172
LCCN
98038409
OCLC/WorldCat
39627624
Library Thing
1628761
Goodreads
2617388

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