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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9780736058711

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Part I. The Structure of Professional Sports



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

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