Two sports myths and why they're wrong / Rodney Fort and Jason Winfree.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0804789282
- 9780804789288
- 2 sports myths and why they're wrong
- 15 sports myths and why they're wrong. Selections
- Sports -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Professional sports -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Professional sports -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Sports -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Sports myths
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General
- Professional sports -- Economic aspects
- Sports -- Economic aspects
- United States
- 338.4/7796 23
- GV716 .F6652 2013
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Includes bibliographical references.
Consists of two chapters from the authors' 15 sports myths and why they're wrong.
Player salary demands increase ticket prices -- Major League Baseball should emulate the National Football League.
Print version record.
In Two Sports Myths and Why They're Wrong, authors Rodney Fort and Jason Winfree apply sharp economic analysis to bust a couple of the most widespread urban legends about professional athletics. Exploring the claim that player salary demands increase ticket prices and asking whether Major League Baseball should emulate the National Football League, this quick read gives us a taste of 15 Sports Myths and Why They're Wrong, forthcoming from Stanford University Press this September. Fort and Winfree take apart these common misconceptions, showing how the assumptio.
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