Pay Dirt : : The Business of Professional Team Sports / / Rodney D. Fort, James Quirk.
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 bri...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Update (for the paperback edition)
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: The Market for Sports Franchises
- Chapter 3: Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes
- Chapter 4: Stadiums and Arenas
- Chapter 5: The Reserve Clause and Antitrust Laws
- Chapter 6: Why Do Pro Athletes Make So Much Money?
- Chapter 7: Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues
- Chapter 8: Rival Leagues and League Expansion: Baseball, Basketball, and Hockey
- Chapter 9: Rival Leagues: The Great Football Wars
- Postscript
- Appendix to Chapter 3: Calculating the Value of the Contract Depreciation Tax Shelter for Sports Teams
- Appendix to Chapter 6: Salary Estimation and Elasticity Calculation
- Appendix to Chapter 8: League Wars
- Data Supplement
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Court Cases