Sportbiz: an irreverent look at big business in pro sports
| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Sport und Geschaeft. Ein offener Blick auf das grosse Geschaeft im Profisport |
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| Autor: | Hofmann, Dale; Greenberg, Martin J. |
| Veröffentlicht: | Champaign: Leisure Press (Verlag), 1989, XIV, 222 S. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Monografie |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISBN: | 0880113332 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU199105048857 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
Sportbiz is an entertaining play by play of a game without rules, where whoever makes the most money wins The authors interviewed dozens of well-known sports figures to get he real story about what is happening in professional sports. Their account gives the reader a look at the backstage bartering and bickering. Sportbiz takes the reader on a sports fans roller coaster ride and explain how the all-important dollar factors into 1. free agents, 2. player trades, 3. arbitration, 4, endorsements, 5. bonuses, 6. playoffs, 7. contracts, 8. player strikes, 9. ticket prices. With Sportbiz the reader discovers how the decisions of the everchanging cast of wheelers and dealers in pro sports affect every dedicated sports fan in America today. Klappentext (abgeaendert)