The Sports Franchise Game
The Sports Franchise Game

Author: Kenneth L. Shropshire

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2013-03-25

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 081220915X

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Power, prestige, and millions of dollars—these are the stakes in the sports franchise game. In this book, sports attorney Kenneth Shropshire describes the franchise warfare that pits city against city in the fierce bidding competition to capture major league teams. Rigorous research, fascinating interviews with major players, stories behind the headlines, and an insider's perspective converge in this rare view of the business side of professional sports. Shropshire portrays a complex web of motivations, negotiations, and public relations, and discusses examples from Philadelphia, the Bay Area, and Washington D.C.

Character is Everything
Character is Everything

Author: Russell Wayne Gough

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13:

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Gough's practical approach asks readers to examine the effects personal character has on performance, teammates, fans, the league, and other individuals and groups in sports. Gough discusses sport's powerful cultural force, its potential for positive impact in the lives and society of those involved in it, and the ethical dimension of games. Gough also addresses the tenuous state of ethics in today's sports culture and the great potential for improvement.

Public Heroes, Private Felons
Public Heroes, Private Felons

Author: Jeff Benedict

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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A hard-hitting look at the darker side of sports and the all-too-infrequent prosecutions of famous athletes for crimes against women.

Unpaid Professionals
Unpaid Professionals

Author: Andrew Zimbalist

Publisher:

Published: 2001-01

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780691086903

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Arguing that college athletics actually represent a large-scale commercial interest that is hostile to the values of higher education, the author explores the tension between big sports revenues and academics across the board in college sports.

More Than a Game
More Than a Game

Author: Cynthia Lee A. Pemberton

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9781555535254

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The story of the crusade for gender equity in sport and for compliance with Title IX at a small, liberal arts college in northwest Oregon.

An Athlete’s Guide to Agents
An Athlete’s Guide to Agents

Author: Robert Ruxin

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780763776114

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Student athletes need to begin thinking about the agent selection process much earlier than their senior year of college. The understanding of what an agent does, why they are paid, and what should go into their selection should begin early in an athletes life. An Athletes Guide to Agents, Fifth Edition is designed to better prepare athletes and their families to screen, select, and work with an agent. It teaches families about the importance of sports agents and allows athletes and their families to be active participants instead of handing all power away to a sports agent upon signing an agency contract.