TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fort,Rodney D.
AU  - Winfree,Jason
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - 15 sports myths and why they're wrong
AV  - GV716 .F665 2013eb
U1  - 338.47796 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Stanford, Calif.
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Sports
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Professional sports
KW  - College sports
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Revenue sports pay for nonrevenue sports -- An arms race drives college sports spending -- Athletic departments are a drag on the university budget -- Conference revenue sharing levels the football field and basketball court -- Pay-for-play will bankrupt college athletic departments -- Title IX compliance must come at the cost of men's participation -- The FBS playoff will be better than the BCS -- Owners and general managers are inept -- Owners lose money on their sports teams -- Player salary demands increase ticket prices -- Failure to act on the issue of competitive balance is hurting some sports leagues -- Player drafts and revenue sharing will improve competitive balance -- Owners should be more vigilant in policing performance-enhancing drugs -- Everybody loses when labor-management relations go south -- Major League Baseball should emulate the National Football League; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10743046
ER  -