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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820817003321

Titolo

The commercialisation of sport / / edited by Trevor Slack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-76434-4

1-135-76435-2

1-280-16786-6

0-203-49426-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Collana

Sport in the global society

Classificazione

76.19

Altri autori (Persone)

SlackTrevor <1948->

Disciplina

338.47796

Soggetti

Sports - Economic aspects

Sports - Social aspects

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

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Series Editor's Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Prologue; PART I: THE SPORTS INDUSTRY; PART II: THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE COMMERCIALISATION OF SPORT; PART III: THE COMMERCIALISATION OF 'AMATEUR' SPORT; PART IV: TELEVISION AND THE COMMERCIALISATION OF SPORT; PART V: SPORT SPONSORSHIP

Sommario/riassunto

What does commercialisation mean for the future of sport?Modern sports links to commerce are highly visible. Stadiums and arenas bear the names of businesses, while sponsors' logos appear on athletes' clothing and equipment, on the facilities in which they play, and in the titles of the events in which they compete. Media companies pay vast sums for the rights to broadcast sports events, and advertisers pay a premium to promote products during the screening of these events. Cities invest, at the expense of other social projects, in the staging of major sports events and to attract professi