Statistical Encyclopedia of North American Professional Sports

Statistical Encyclopedia of North American Professional Sports
Author: K. Michael Gaschnitz
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 1791
Release: 2008-09-18
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786451122

This reference work, updated since the 1997 edition, provides comprehensive information on the major professional leagues in North America--baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer. Arranged chronologically, the entries for each league in each sport include individual statistical leaders, championship results, major rules changes, winners of major awards, and hall of fame inductees.

Major League Baseball Expansions and Relocations

Major League Baseball Expansions and Relocations
Author: Frank P. Jozsa, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2010-03-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786457236

This study considers the importance of location for new and relocated major league franchises in the more than 130 years since the National League was founded. Included are an analysis of market differences and similarities, team performances and demographics and area economic comparisons. Market data are used to predict future expansions and relocations of major league teams.

Handbook of Sports Studies

Handbook of Sports Studies
Author: Jay Coakley
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2000-08-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1446265056

Now available in paperback, this vital handbook marks the development of sports studies as a major new discipline within the social sciences. Edited by the leading sociologist of sport, Eric Dunning, and Jay Coakley, author of the best selling textbook on sport in the USA, it both reflects and richly endorses this new found status. Key aspects of the Handbook include: an inventory of the principal achievements in the field; a guide to the chief conflicts and difficulties in the theory and research process; a rallying point for researchers who are established or new to the field, which sets the agenda for future developments; a resource book for teachers who wish to establish new curricula and develop courses and programmes in the area of sports studies. With an international and inter-disciplinary team of contributors the Handbook of Sports Studies is comprehensive in scope, relevant in content and far-reaching in its discussion of future prospect.

Professional Sports

Professional Sports
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 157
Release: 1998-05
Genre:
ISBN: 0788149202

Examines the future of professional sports as a business. Presents testimony & prepared statements by several members of the Senate Committee, the commissioner of the Nat. Football League, the owner of the Carolina Panthers Football Club, firms that manage professional athletes (Falk & Assoc., Advantage International, & Sportscorps Ltd.), & Prof. Kenneth Shropshire, Univ. of PA, & Prof. Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College. Also, submissions from the Nat. Football League, Nat. Hockey League, mayor of Houston, assistant to the Mayor of Cleveland, & a prepared statement on procedures for proposed franchise relocations.

Relocating Teams and Expanding Leagues in Professional Sports

Relocating Teams and Expanding Leagues in Professional Sports
Author: Frank P. Jozsa
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 225
Release: 1999-08-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0313371504

In the business of professional league sports, market conditions are the key determinate of the financial success or failure of a team. In the last few years, major league sports has experienced both growth into new markets and relocations of existing teams. Owners and the leagues use demographics, economic data, and governmental support to decide on where and when to expand and relocate. This book examines the sports business from 1950 through 2000. Historical demographic, economic, and team-related data provide the context. The authors apply metropolitan area statistics such as population growth and income, game attendance, and estimated market values to examine the business decisions made by individual teams in professional baseball, football, and basketball. The book looks at specific teams in terms of their long-term viability as a franchise and ranks their performances in economic and business terms. It also examines the related issues of taxpayer subsidies for new venues and the economic impact of professional sports on cities and regions. The book is a fascinating and comprehensive look at the business of sports and its place in American society, business, and economics.

Race, Sex, and Suspicion

Race, Sex, and Suspicion
Author: D. Marvin Jones
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2005-01-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0313057028

Exploring the basic conflict between the legal equality that black men possess as U.S. citizens and their social isolation stemming from white America's perceptions of them as culturally alien, the author sets out to provoke, stimulate, and change the negative images and stereotypes that indicate a fundamental defect in the mainframe of American culture. As the author states, the purpose of this book is not to defend the black male, but to deconstruct him and to libertate him from the negative images and stereotypes that have stultified his existence. Largely through the victories of the Civil Rights movement, everyone in the United States is—formally—equal. Yet there remains a basic conflict between that legal equality and the social isolation of black men that stems from white America's perceptions of them as, by nature, culturally alien. This tautly argued, eloquently written, and passionate book is must reading for anyone concerned with the ongoing problems of the American dilemma. Each essay in this wide- ranging book will provoke, stimulate, and change one's view of the myths and stereotypes surrounding black men.

International Sports Law and Business

International Sports Law and Business
Author: Aaron N. Wise
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 984
Release: 1997-05-23
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9041109781

This comprehensive, three-volume set focuses on the legal and business aspects of sports in the United States and abroad. The authors have presented the subject matter from a practical and pragmatic perspective, yet with analytical precision and attention to fine points of detail. International Sports Law and Business is composed of five parts. Part I deals with the law and business of sports in the United States, with the primary emphasis on the legal aspects of professional sports. Part II deals with the internationalization of sports from various perspectives, principally North American team sports. Part III explores the law and business of sports in 18 non-U.S. jurisdictions andndash; subject matter hardly covered in other sources, if at all. Part IV treats the legal and, to some extent, business aspects of broadcasting and sports, both in the United States and in selected foreign jurisdictions. Part V focuses upon sports marketing in its various forms in the United States, as well as its international perspectives. This easy-to-read work is unmatched in that it covers subjects not addressed or only tangentially addressed in other works, presents insiders perspectives on the subject matter, and focuses extensively on international aspects of sports law and business in connection with many different subjects. Among its exhibits, International Sports Law and Business includes a World League of American Football Standard Player Contract form, a sample World League of American Football Acquisition and Operation Agreement, Statute of Court of Arbitration for Sport and Regulations. It also includes a comprehensive index. Its unique coverage and practical features make International Sports Law and Business a critical reference for agents, attorneys, and other practitioners involved in international sports law or handling a trust where one or more of the assets is sports-related, or considering expanding an existing practice area. Those involved in the study of sports law will also appreciate this high quality work.