In The Bottom Line, one of the foremost sports economists writing today, Andrew Zimbalist (National Pastime), analyzes the net value of sports. He examines motives for why owners buy franchises, the worth of the players and the profitability of teams, and the importance of publicly funded stadiums. In the essays collected hereOCowhich appeared in publications like The New York Times, Sports Business Journal, and The Wall Street Journal from 1998-2006OCoZimbalist considers the current state of organized sports, from football and baseball to basketball, hockey, and soccer. He also addresses antitrust and labor relations issues, gender equity concerns, collegiate athletics, and the regulation of steroid use, providing readers with a better understanding of the business of sports and the sports businessOCoand what makes both tick."

Revue de presse

"The advantage of this book is that it allows the reader to see how one of the foremost professors in sports and business analyzed each event virtually as it happened. So this book will take you back over the past decade and consistently teach you something new about professional and college sports." Wordpress website "Very few academics treat sport as seriously as it deserves. And precious few of them keep their subject interesting. Andrew Zimbalist is royalty in this small kingdom." --Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

"The bottom line on The Bottom Line? Definitely worth the money and time, even though it reprints work previously published. The author of several excellent books on baseball economics, Zimbalist is an indefatigable, seemingly ubiquitous commentator on the business of sports in the print and broadcast media...Readers will be informed by most of these opinion pieces and infuriated by others. But Zimbalist should not be ignored. Highly recommended." - CHOICE "The Bottom Line brings together some of the best articles that [Zimbalist] has written during the past 15 years. Like readers who find that their favorite novelist is also an expert short-story writer, those familiar with Zimbalist's books but not his op-ed pieces will see the same trenchant analysis and quick with in these essays...It is a collection worth reading and rereading." --The Journal of Sports Economics

Les informations fournies dans la section � A propos du livre � peuvent faire r�f�rence � une autre �dition de ce titre.

Description de la librairie

Renewing books' lives and putting them into the right hands. Vice President, IOBA.

Visitez la page d�accueil du vendeur

Membre d'association

Les membres de ces associations s'engagent � maintenir des normes de qualit� sup�rieure. Ils garantissent l'authenticit� de tous les articles propos�s � la vente. Ils fournissent des descriptions expertes et d�taill�es, indiquent tous les d�fauts importants ainsi que les restaurations, fournissent des prix clairs et pr�cis et font preuve d��quit� et d�honn�tet� tout au long de la relation commerciale.

Informations commerciales relatives au vendeur

Chris Korczak, Bookseller, IOBA
MA, U.S.A.

Conditions de vente et de livraison

Conditions g�n�rales de vente

We guarantee the condition of every book as it's described on the Abebooks
web
sites. If you're dissatisfied with your purchase (Incorrect Book/Not as
Described/Damaged) or if the order hasn't arrived, you're eligible for a
refund
within 30 days of the estimated delivery date. If you've changed your mind
about
a
book that you've ordered, please use the Ask bookseller a question link to
contact
us and we'll respond within 2 business days.

� Chris Korczak
� PO Box 311, Easthampton, MA, 01027
� cko...

Pour plus d'information