Bad sports
Subtitle: how owners are ruining the games we love
By: Dave Zirin.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781416554752
Subjects: Sports -- Management; Sports -- Economic aspects -- United States; Stadiums -- United States -- Finance; Sports facilities -- United States -- Finance; Sports and state -- United States
Description: This book is a look at the big business and immoral practices behind professional sports. The fastest growing sector of today's sports audience is the alienated fan. Complaints abound: from inflated ticket prices, $6 hot dogs, and $9 beers to owners endlessly demanding new multimillion dollar stadiums funded by public tax dollars. Those sitting in the owners' boxes are increasingly placing profit over players' performances and fan loyalty. This book cuts through the hype and bombast to zero in on tales of abusive, dictatorial owners who move their teams thousands of miles away from their fan base, use their stadiums as religious and political platforms, or hold communities ransom for millions of dollars of taxpayer money to fund their gargantuan stadiums. As the multibillion dollar sports industrial complex continues to lumber along, the author is the voice in the wilderness, speaking out for the common fan with a tough, passionate, and intelligent voice that will remind readers that there is more to sportswriting than glowing athlete profiles.