Hard Ball The Abuse of Power in Pro Team Sports【電子書籍】[ Rodney D. Fort ]

＜p＞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.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞Hard Ball,＜/em＞ James Quirk and Rodney Fort take on a daunting challenge: explaining exactly how things have gotten to this point and proposing a way out. Both authors are professional economists who specialize in the economics of sports. Their previous book, ＜em＞Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Te．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る