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Pay Dirt : The Business of Professional Team Sports by James P. Quirk; Rodney D. Fort is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Pay Dirt : The Business of Professional Team Sports about?

Why would a Japanese millionaire want to buy the Seattle Mariners baseball team, when he has admitted that he has never played in or even seen a baseball game? Cash is the answer: major league baseball, like professional football, basketball, and hockey, is now big business with the potential to bring millions of dollars in profits to owners. Not very long ago, however, buying a sports franchise was a hazardous investment risked only by die-hard fans wealthy enough to lose parts of fortunes made in other businesses. What forces have changed team ownership from sports-fan folly to big-business savvy? Why has __The Wall Street Journal__ become popular reading in pro sports locker rooms? And why are sports pages now dominated by economic clashes between owners and players, cities with franchises and cities without them, leagues and players' unions, and team lawyers and players' lawyers? In answering these questions, James Quirk and Rodney Fort have written the most complete book on the business and economics of professional sports, past and present. __Pay Dirt__ offers a wealth of information and analysis on the reserve clause, salary determination, competitive balance in sports leagu

Who reads Pay Dirt : The Business of Professional Team Sports?

Author

James P. Quirk; Rodney D. Fort

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691187945

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sports, Finance, Economics