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100 1 _aFort, Rodney D.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _a15 sports myths and why they're wrong /
_cRodney Fort and Jason Winfree.
246 3 _aFifteen sports myths and why they're wrong
264 1 _aStanford, California :
_bStanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press,
_c[2013]
300 _aviii, 299 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aRevenue sports pay for nonrevenue sports -- An arms race drives college sports spending -- Athletic departments are a drag on the university budget -- Conference revenue sharing levels the football field and basketball court -- Pay-for-play will bankrupt college athletic departments -- Title IX compliance must come at the cost of men's participation -- The FBS playoff will be better than the BCS -- Owners and general managers are inept -- Owners lose money on their sports teams -- Player salary demands increase ticket prices -- Failure to act on the issue of competitive balance is hurting some sports leagues -- Player drafts and revenue sharing will improve competitive balance -- Owners should be more vigilant in policing performance-enhancing drugs -- Everybody loses when labor-management relations go south -- Major League Baseball should emulate the National Football League.
520 _aFort and Winfree apply sharp economic analysis to bust some of the most widespread urban legends about college and professional athletics. Each chapter takes apart a common misconception, showing how the assumptions behind it fail to add up, how these myths perpetuate themselves and, ultimately, how they serve a handful of powerful parties-- such as franchise owners, reporters, and players-- at the expense of the larger community of sports fans.
650 0 _aSports
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650 0 _aProfessional sports
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650 0 _aCollege sports
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650 7 _aCollege sports
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650 7 _aProfessional sports
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700 1 _aWinfree, Jason
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