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Authors: Scott Rosner, Kenneth L. Shropshire
ISBN-13: 9780763726218, ISBN-10: 0763726214
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jones & Barlett Learning
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Scott Rosner

Book Synopsis

The book covers professional, Olympic and collegiate sports and each chapter has a fully developed introduction to explaine the relevance of the articles to be presented.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Reading credits
Pt. 1Professional sports
Ch. 1Ownership1
The rich who own sports5
Hard ball : the abuse of power in pro team sports8
Public ownership of sports franchises : investment, novelty, or fraud?15
Ch. 2Leagues : structure and background21
The sports industry's resistance to bear markets23
The market structure of sports26
Home team34
Open competition in league sports38
Ch. 3Leagues : revenue sharing and self-analysis45
Keeping score : the economics of big-time sports47
Revenue sharing and agency problems in professional team sport : the case of the national football league54
The report of the independent members of the commissioner's Blue Ribbon Panel on baseball economics62
Ch. 4Accounting, taxation, and bankruptcy75
Keeping the financial scorecard : accounting for a sports franchise77
The purchase and sale of a sports team : tax issues and rules81
The challenges of professional sports franchise purchase price allocations96
Reorganization of the professional sports franchise99
Ch. 5Stadiums and arenas111
The stadium game113
The name is the game in facility naming rights127
The sports franchise game : cities in pursuit of sports franchises, events, stadiums, and arenas135
Ch. 6Media139
Sports and television143
Pro leagues' ratings drop; nobody is quite sure why147
The NBA strategy of broadcast television exposure : a legal application152
Vertical integration in sport159
Toward a scheme for football clubs seeking an effective presence on the internet163
Japanese spectator sport industry : cultural changes creating new opportunities173
Ch. 7Licensed products177
Principles and practice of sport management179
The antitrust implications of professional sports' leaguewide licensing and merchandising arrangements183
Examining the importance of brand equity in professional sport188
Understanding brand loyalty in professional sport : examining the link between brand associations and brand loyalty194
Ch. 8Labor matters : unions199
Blue-collar law and basketball201
Major league baseball's labor turmoil : the failure of the counter-revolution208
Creating a win-win situation through collective bargaining : the NFL salary cap217
Ch. 9Labor matters : athlete compensation231
Pay dirt : the business of professional team sports235
The sports business as a labor market laboratory242
When negotiations fail : an analysis of salary arbitration and salary cap systems252
The effect of salary arbitration on major league baseball267
Football may be ill, but don't blame Bosman277
Management abilities, player salaries, and team performance285
Free agent performance in major league baseball : do teams get what they expect?290
The business of sports agents295
Ch. 10Individual sports299
In the fast lane to big bucks : the growth of NASCAR301
The PGA tour : successful self-regulation or unreasonably restraining trade?307
Annual report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2002310
WTA : the league that wasn't there317
The Muhammad Ali boxing reform act : the first jab at establishing credibility in professional boxing320
Ch. 11Start-up leagues and niche sports323
Minor league baseball and local economic development331
Annual report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002338
Fraser v. major league soccer344
The growth of women's sports349
Ch. 12Sports franchise valuation351
The economics of sports361
How to value professional sports franchise intangible assets367
The impact of stadium economics on he value of the professional sports franchise376
The market structure of sports380
Moody's methodology for rating sports-related enterprises385
Pt. 2Olympic sports
Ch. 13Olympic sports395
Management of the Olympic games : the lessons of Sydney401
The future of the Olympic games407
Economics of the Olympic games, hosting the games 1972-2000415
Pt. 3College sports
Ch. 14History and structure421
A brief history of the national collegiate athletic association's role in regulating intercollegiate athletics423
Principles and practice of sport management430
Sports law : cases and materials436
Ethics in intercollegiate athletics : an examination of NCAA violations and penalties : 1952-1997447
Ch. 15The NCAA and conference affiliation459
The economic realities of amateur sports organization469
The business of college sports and the high cost of winning477
The college football industry492
Telecasts and recruiting in NCAA division I football : the impact of altered property rights500
Unpaid professionals503
NCAA 2002-03 revenue distribution plan516
An economic analysis of cartel behavior within the NCAA522
Ch. 16Member institutions527
Beer and circus : how big-time college sports is crippling undergraduate education533
Effects of university athletics on the university : a review and extension of empirical assessment540
The empirical effects of collegiate athletics : an interim report551
Intercollegiate athletics and the American university : a university president's perspective557
University of Michigan athletic department budget, 2003-2004574
Logo cops : the law and business of collegiate licensing584
Beer and circus : how big-time college sports is crippling undergraduate education590
Fundraising : an essential competency for the sport manager in the 21st century594
Welcome to the big time602
Recent federal income tax issues regarding professional and amateur sports610
Ch. 17Gender equity617
Clarification of intercollegiate athletics policy guidance : the three-part test619
Letter clarifying apportionment of financial aid in intercollegiate athletics programs (July 23, 1998)628
Further clarification of intercollegiate athletics policy guidance regarding title IX compliance633
The growth of NCAA women's rowing : a financial, ethical, and legal analysis636
Can gender equity find a place in commercialized college sports?643
Ch. 18Amateurism and reform653
Legislation for the glory of sport : amateurism and compensation655
Symposium : sports law as a reflection of society's laws and values : pay for play for college athletes : now more than ever662
The game of life670
A call to action : reconnecting college sports and higher education678
Pt. 4Sociological considerations
Ch. 19Diversity697
Discrimination in major league baseball : hiring standards for major league manages, 1975-1994703
Diversity, racism, and professional sports franchise ownership : change must come from within711
The sports business as a labor market laboratory714
The globalization of baseball : a Latin American perspective718
Ch. 20Ethics725
The ethical issues confronting managers in the sport industry727
The Oympics and the search for global values733
Pt. 5The future
Ch. 21Future challenges737
Keeping score : the economics of big-time sports741
Sport business in the next decade : a general overview of expected trends746
Managing North American major professional sport teams in the new millennium : a focus on building brand equity757
Index769

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