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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11103536.
- catalog contributor b11103537.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-228) and index.".
- catalog description "The scene of the crime -- The media -- Unions -- Players -- Owners -- Leagues -- State and local politics -- Breaking up that old gang of mine.".
- catalog extent "xi, 233 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691058172 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "796.04/4/0973 21".
- catalog subject "GV716 .Q566 1999".
- catalog subject "Professional sports Economic aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Professional sports Moral and ethical aspects United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The scene of the crime -- The media -- Unions -- Players -- Owners -- Leagues -- State and local politics -- Breaking up that old gang of mine.".
- catalog title "Hard ball : the abuse of power in pro team sports / James Quirk and Rodney Fort.".
- catalog type "text".