American Sports Empire
Subtitle: How the Leagues Breed Success
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: January 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781567205596
Subjects: United States; Professional sports; Sports & Recreation; Sports; Economics - General; History; Labor; Sports & Recreation / General; Baseball - General; Basketball - General
First sentence: The five dominant and elite leagues based in the United States, which are the focus of American Sports Empire, have been vigorous organizations that consist of their member teams.
Description: "Sports fanatics, casual fans, professional coaches and players, journalists, economists, administrators, and owners will discover a goldmine of information in this volume. Readers will learn about key owners, investors, coaches, managers, and players of teams that won divisions, conference titles, and league championships from the 1950s through the 1990s. The book includes information on attendance, operating incomes, payrolls, win-loss percentages, and the estimated market value of individual teams. Specific franchise owners are noted for their wealth and success factors. The author also predicts that league commissioners, franchise owners, local business and community leaders, and government officials will be forced to bargain in good faith and compromise on the question of whether to use tax-payer money to invest in sports facilities."--BOOK JACKET.