LEADER 04468nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910955373603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780674045026 010 $a0674045025 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674045026 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805446 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050948 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000191627 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215809 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191627 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10184433 035 $a(PQKB)10746274 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300319 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10314332 035 $a(OCoLC)923110563 035 $a(DE-B1597)574517 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674045026 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300319 035 $a(OCoLC)1294425953 035 $a(Perlego)1148554 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805446 100 $a19991214d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLeveling the playing field $ehow the law can make sports better for fans /$fPaul C. Weiler 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 367 pages ) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9780674001657 311 08$a0674001656 311 08$a9780674006874 311 08$a0674006879 327 $aPrologue: Sports on Trial PART 1: THE INTEGRITY OF SPORTS 1. Misconduct on the Field 2. Honoring Civil Rights in Sports 3. The Deadliest Sin in Sports 4. The Sports War on Drugs 5. Athletes as Role Models 6. The Moral Ideal for American Sports PART 2: OWNERS VERSUS PLAYERS 7. Show Us the Money 8. Sports Joins the Union 9. Opening the Flood -Gates 10. What Antitrust Did for Players 11. How to Level the Player Field 12. Salary Sharing among Players PART 3: OWNERS VERSUS OWNERS--AND FANS/B 13. The Brave New World of Franchise Free Agency 14. How Far Have We Traveled? 15. What the Law Should Do with Raiders 16. Stadium Socialism or a Stadium Cap? 17. Sports in Intellectual Space 18. What Should Leagues Be Like? 19. Expand or Break Up the Big Leagues? 20. A Better World for Fans Epilogue: A Performance--Enhancing Law for Sports Acknowledgments Index 330 8 $aThe world of sports seems entwined with lawsuits. This is so, because of two characteristics: sporting contests lose their drama if the competition becomes too lopsided, and the winning athletes and teams usually take the lion's share of attention.$bThe world of sports seems entwined with lawsuits. This is so, Paul Weiler explains, because of two characteristics intrinsic to all competitive sports. First, sporting contests lose their drama if the competition becomes too lopsided. Second, the winning athletes and teams usually take the "lion's share" of both fan attention and spending. So interest in second-rate teams and in second-rate leagues rapidly wanes, leaving one dominant league with monopoly power. The ideal of evenly balanced sporting contests is continually challenged by economic, social, and technological forces. Consequently, Weiler argues, the law is essential to level the playing field for players, owners, and ultimately fans and taxpayers. For example, he shows why players' use of performance-enhancing drugs, even legal ones, should be treated as a more serious offense than, say, use of cocaine. He also explains why proposals to break up dominant leagues and create new ones will not work, and thus why both union representation of players and legal protection for fans--and taxpayers--are necessary. Using well-known incidents--and supplying little-known facts--Weiler analyzes a wide array of moral and economic issues that arise in all competitive sports. He tells us, for example, how Commissioner Bud Selig should respond to Pete Rose's quest for admission to the Hall of Fame; what kind of settlement will allow baseball players and owners to avoid a replay of their past labor battles; and how our political leaders should address the recent wave of taxpayer-built stadiums. 606 $aSports$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aSports$zUnited States 615 0$aSports$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aSports 676 $a344.73099 700 $aWeiler$b Paul C$0556004 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955373603321 996 $aLeveling the playing field$94352232 997 $aUNINA