Sport and Public Policy
Sport and Public Policy
Social, Political, and Economic Perspectives
Santo, Charles A.; Mildner, Gerard C.S.
Human Kinetics Publishers
02/2010
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Chapter 1.Cooperation Amidst Competition: The Nature of Sport Leagues
Nathaniel Sampson and Gerard C.S. Mildner
Why League Cooperation Is Necessary
Downside of Cooperation
Organized Baseball: Evolution of a Cartel
Antitrust Law Interpretations and Baseball
Antitrust and Other Leagues: Are All Sports Equal?
Effect of Public Policy on the Balance of Power
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 2. Beyond the Major Leagues: Lessons from the Organization of International Sports
Gerard C.S. Mildner
Organization of Soccer, the World Sport
Women's Soccer: The Trial of a Single-Entity League
Rugby: The Contest over Professionalism, Nations, and Clubs
Cricket: The Broadcaster's Leagues
Lessons for American Sports
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Why Professional Athletes Make So Much Money
Zenon X. Zygmont
The NHL's Missing Season
Wage Determination in Professional Sports
Free Agency
Evaluating Player Productivity
Is it Possible to Pay too Much?
Future TrendsConclusion
Part II. Professional Sports, Cities, and Public Finance
Chapter 4. Economic Impact of Sport Stadiums, Teams and Events
Charles A. Santo
Public Cost of Big-Time Sports
Economic Magnitude of Sports in Perspective
Promoting Sport Investment Through Economic Impact Analysis
Sources of Exaggeration in Economic Impact Analysis
Ex Post Facto Empirical Evaluations
Policy Implications on Predicted Economic Impacts
Conclusion
Chapter 5. Cities, Stadiums, and Subsidies: Why Cities Spend So Much on Sports
Charles A. Santo
Evolution of Major League Sport Facility Development
Political Economy of Sport Facility Development
Importance of Consumption Benefits
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Community Ownership of Professional Sport Teams and the Role of Social Entrepreneurship
Dorothy Norris-Tirrell and Susan Tomlinson Schmidt
Identifying Community Ownership Alternatives
Using the Nonprofit-Charitable Purpose Structure: The Memphis Redbirds Baseball
Foundation
Future Trends
Conclusion
Part III. Amateur Athletics, Participation, and Public Health
Chapter 7.Influences of Urban Form on Physical Activity
Jennifer Dill and Lynn Weigand
Importance and Decline of Physical Activity in the United States
How Urban Growth Has Made Us Less Active
Public Policies to Increase Physical Activity
Do These Strategies Work?
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 8. MLB's Mixed Messages: African American Participation in Baseball
David C. Ogden
Myth and Semiotics
Analyzing MLB's Messages
Moving from Political Speech to Myth
Challenging Myth
Policy Implications for Myth Making
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 9.Contradictions and Conflicts: Ethical Dilemmas Inherent in Big-Time College Sports
Richard Southall, Mark S. Nagel, John Amis,and Crystal Southall
College Sports Today
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Corporatization in College Sports
Institutional Logics
Case Study: 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Broadcasts
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 10. Sport, Doping, and Public Policy
Bryan E. Denham
Mediated Doping Representations and the Formation of Public Policy
Sporting Competition and the Formation of Regulatory Bodies
Media Representations, Government Hearings, and Public Policy in the 21st Century
Future Trends
Conclusion
Part IV. Sports and Globalization
Chapter 11. Political Economy of the Olympic Games
Gregory Andranovich, Matthew J. Burbank, and Charles H. Heying
Globalization, the New Economy, and Political Economy
Political Economy and the Olympic Games
Los Angeles: The Market Matters Most
Atlanta: The State Matters Most
Mexico City: Civil Society Matters Most
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 12. American Baseball and the Global Labor Market: Resistance and Hegemony in the Caribbean
Charles A. Santo
Globalization of American Professional Baseball
Shared History and Parallel Development of Caribbean Baseball
Dominican Dependency, Underdevelopment, and Exploitation
Cuban Nationalism and Resistance
Movement Along the Spectrum
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 13. Expanding Global Consumer Market for American Sports: The World Baseball Classic
Mark S. Nagel, Matt T. Brown, Dan A. Rascher, and Chad D. McEvoy
Baseball's Worldwide Development
The Consumption of MLB in the United States
The Creation of the World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic Revenue Sources
Future TrendsConclusion
Chapter 1.Cooperation Amidst Competition: The Nature of Sport Leagues
Nathaniel Sampson and Gerard C.S. Mildner
Why League Cooperation Is Necessary
Downside of Cooperation
Organized Baseball: Evolution of a Cartel
Antitrust Law Interpretations and Baseball
Antitrust and Other Leagues: Are All Sports Equal?
Effect of Public Policy on the Balance of Power
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 2. Beyond the Major Leagues: Lessons from the Organization of International Sports
Gerard C.S. Mildner
Organization of Soccer, the World Sport
Women's Soccer: The Trial of a Single-Entity League
Rugby: The Contest over Professionalism, Nations, and Clubs
Cricket: The Broadcaster's Leagues
Lessons for American Sports
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Why Professional Athletes Make So Much Money
Zenon X. Zygmont
The NHL's Missing Season
Wage Determination in Professional Sports
Free Agency
Evaluating Player Productivity
Is it Possible to Pay too Much?
Future TrendsConclusion
Part II. Professional Sports, Cities, and Public Finance
Chapter 4. Economic Impact of Sport Stadiums, Teams and Events
Charles A. Santo
Public Cost of Big-Time Sports
Economic Magnitude of Sports in Perspective
Promoting Sport Investment Through Economic Impact Analysis
Sources of Exaggeration in Economic Impact Analysis
Ex Post Facto Empirical Evaluations
Policy Implications on Predicted Economic Impacts
Conclusion
Chapter 5. Cities, Stadiums, and Subsidies: Why Cities Spend So Much on Sports
Charles A. Santo
Evolution of Major League Sport Facility Development
Political Economy of Sport Facility Development
Importance of Consumption Benefits
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Community Ownership of Professional Sport Teams and the Role of Social Entrepreneurship
Dorothy Norris-Tirrell and Susan Tomlinson Schmidt
Identifying Community Ownership Alternatives
Using the Nonprofit-Charitable Purpose Structure: The Memphis Redbirds Baseball
Foundation
Future Trends
Conclusion
Part III. Amateur Athletics, Participation, and Public Health
Chapter 7.Influences of Urban Form on Physical Activity
Jennifer Dill and Lynn Weigand
Importance and Decline of Physical Activity in the United States
How Urban Growth Has Made Us Less Active
Public Policies to Increase Physical Activity
Do These Strategies Work?
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 8. MLB's Mixed Messages: African American Participation in Baseball
David C. Ogden
Myth and Semiotics
Analyzing MLB's Messages
Moving from Political Speech to Myth
Challenging Myth
Policy Implications for Myth Making
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 9.Contradictions and Conflicts: Ethical Dilemmas Inherent in Big-Time College Sports
Richard Southall, Mark S. Nagel, John Amis,and Crystal Southall
College Sports Today
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Corporatization in College Sports
Institutional Logics
Case Study: 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Broadcasts
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 10. Sport, Doping, and Public Policy
Bryan E. Denham
Mediated Doping Representations and the Formation of Public Policy
Sporting Competition and the Formation of Regulatory Bodies
Media Representations, Government Hearings, and Public Policy in the 21st Century
Future Trends
Conclusion
Part IV. Sports and Globalization
Chapter 11. Political Economy of the Olympic Games
Gregory Andranovich, Matthew J. Burbank, and Charles H. Heying
Globalization, the New Economy, and Political Economy
Political Economy and the Olympic Games
Los Angeles: The Market Matters Most
Atlanta: The State Matters Most
Mexico City: Civil Society Matters Most
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 12. American Baseball and the Global Labor Market: Resistance and Hegemony in the Caribbean
Charles A. Santo
Globalization of American Professional Baseball
Shared History and Parallel Development of Caribbean Baseball
Dominican Dependency, Underdevelopment, and Exploitation
Cuban Nationalism and Resistance
Movement Along the Spectrum
Future Trends
Conclusion
Chapter 13. Expanding Global Consumer Market for American Sports: The World Baseball Classic
Mark S. Nagel, Matt T. Brown, Dan A. Rascher, and Chad D. McEvoy
Baseball's Worldwide Development
The Consumption of MLB in the United States
The Creation of the World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic Revenue Sources
Future TrendsConclusion