Leveling the playing field [[electronic resource] ] : how the law can make sports better for fans / / Paul C. Weiler

• Autore: Weiler Paul C
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 367 pages ) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 344.73099
• Soggetto topico: Sports - Law and legislation - United States; Sports - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Leveling the playing field
• ISBN: 0-674-04502-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455061603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II