1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778207103321

Autore

Ross Stephen F. <1955->

Titolo

Fans of the world, unite! [[electronic resource] ] : a (capitalist) manifesto for sports consumers / / Stephen F. Ross, Stefan Szymanski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Economics and Finance, 2008

ISBN

0-8047-6977-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SzymanskiStefan <1960->

Disciplina

338.4/77960973

Soggetti

Professional sports - Economic aspects - United States

Sports team owners - United States

Monopolies - United States

Competition - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. How Sports Fans Are Exploited -- 2. Diagnosis and Suggested Cure -- 3. Competitive Balance -- 4. Borrowing from NASCAR: An Independent Competition Organizer -- 5. Borrowing from Soccer: Entry by Merit -- 6. How a Restructured Sports League Would Work -- 7. Comparing This Proposal to Other Remedies for Monopoly Power -- 8. Half-Loaf, Still-an-Improvement Compromise Suggestions -- 9. Fans, What We Can Imagine! -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Fans of baseball, football, basketball, and hockey have long been exploited and oppressed by the monopolistic practices of team owners. The time has come for a revolution in the organization of major U.S. sports! Fans of the World, Unite! is a clarion call to sports fans. Appealing to anyone who is in despair due to the greed and incompetence of team owners, this book proposes a significant restructuring of sports leagues. It sets out a rational program for a revolution that will serve the best interests of the fans and of the sport itself. But Stephen F. Ross and Stefan Szymanski are no Marxists: they show how a revolution in the organization of sports might even benefit the owners. By harnessing the power of markets, sports leagues can be made both more responsive to the needs of the fans, and more



efficient. Ross and Szymanski have spent many years evaluating the ways in which leagues work across the globe. Drawing on their extensive study of leagues, the authors boil down their plan to two major reforms. Borrowing from NASCAR, they propose that team owners should not own sports leagues as well. Rather, league ownership should be separate. Their second proposal is drawn from soccer: introduce competition through a promotion and relegation system. In this type of system, the worst teams in the league are kicked out at the end of the season and replaced by the best performing teams in the next division down. This gives poor performing teams incentive to step up their game, and allows fresh blood to enter the leagues if the poor performers fail to do so. The main goal of these reforms is to align the financial interest of those who own the league with the best interests of the fans and the sport. Having laid out the problem and the solution, the authors skillfully address practical implications of introducing their scheme, suggesting how leagues might at least make some changes, if not all of those suggested. The time for change has come! Armed with this book, and with fairness on their side, fans can set forth to begin a revolution.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779525003321

Autore

Hammond Michael

Titolo

The student guide to mooting [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Hammond ; edited by Margaret Ross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dundee, : Dundee University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-7486-9854-X

1-84586-199-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (108 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RossMargaret

Disciplina

340.071173

Soggetti

Case method

Moot courts

Law - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Preface ""; ""Chapter 1 introduction to mooting""; ""Chapter 2 counsel""; ""Chapter 3 stage 1: the problem and moot point""; ""Chapter 4 stage 2: making a legal argument""; ""Chapter 5 use of authority""; ""Chapter 6 use of time""; ""Chapter 7 court etiquette""; ""Chapter 8 team tactics and strategies""; ""Chapter 9 body language and presentation skills""; ""Chapter 10 the judge""; ""Chapter 11 procedure on the day of the moot""; ""Chapter 12 advice for the judge""; ""Chapter 13 advice for the clerk""; ""Chapter 14 mooting competitions""

""Chapter 15 conclusion""""Further reading ""; ""Appendix 1 mooting example: criminal law""; ""Index of examples""; ""Index of figures""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The ideal introduction to legal argument for new law students and competitive mootersGuiding you through the process of legal argument, this book will teach you all you need to know about how to research and structure your moot, the use of legal authority, honing your presentation skills and addressing the court. To show you how it's done, Hammond provides a worked example applying the two-stage method to creating a legal argument in a moot court. Competitive mooters will find details of internal, national and international



competitions and guidelines for event judges and clerks.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787874503321

Autore

Moranda Scott

Titolo

The people's own landscape : nature, tourism, and dictatorship in East Germany / / Scott Moranda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : The University of Michigan Press, , [2014]

ISBN

0-472-02972-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany

Disciplina

914.310487

Soggetti

Tourism - Germany (East) - History

Landscapes - Germany (East) - History

Land use - Germany (East) - History

Nature - Effect of human beings on - Germany (East) - History

Ecology - Germany (East) - History

Political culture - Germany (East) - History

Dictatorship - Social aspects - Germany (East) - History

Germany (East) Social conditions

Germany (East) Environmental conditions

Germany (East) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Conquering the Countryside : Athletic Tourism in the Early GDR -- Chapter 2. Rejuvenating Socialist Workers : Conservation and Landscape Care in the 1950s -- Chapter 3. Making Rough Nature More Comfortable : Camping in East Germany -- Chapter 4. A New Environmental Law : Landscape Care, Global Ecology, and Domestic Social Policy -- Chapter 5. Real Existing Socialism : Nature, Social Inequalities, and Environmental Consciousness -- Chapter 6. The Limits of Growth and the New Environmentalism.