Bruce Dowbiggin and Ryan Gauthier chart the history of pro signings to make the case that salary caps promote not equality but mediocrity. Cap in Hand will become the go-to guide for fans seeking to understand the business of making a sports market.
Bruce Dowbiggin and Ryan Gauthier chart the history of pro signings to make the case that salary caps promote not equality but mediocrity. Cap in Hand will become the go-to guide for fans seeking to understand the business of making a sports market.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Bruce Dowbiggin’s performing career has included successful stints in television, radio, theatre and print. A two-time winner of the Gemini Award as Canada’s top television sports broadcaster for his work with CBC-TV, he’s also a two-time winner of the Gemini for Canada’s top sportscaster. He’s the publisher of nothepublicbroadaster.com and the host of The Full Count. His books include Money Players (finalist for the 2004 National Business Book Award), The Defence Never Rests, and The Stick. Bruce lives in Calgary, AB.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Preface 2. Introduction 3. Part 1: The Contracts that Shaped Professional Sport 1. 1.1 Babe Ruth 2. 1.2 Curt Flood 3. 1.3 Catfish Hunter 4. 1.4 Bobby Hull 5. 1.5 Magic and Bird 6. 1.6 Reggie White 7. 1.7 Wayne Gretzky 8. 1.8 Shaquille O’Neal 9. 1.9 Alex Rodriguez 10. 1.10 David Beckham 11. 1.11 LeBron James 4. Part 2: Sports and the Law: The Fine Print 1. 2.1 How Antitrust/Competition Law Works in Sports 2. 2.2 If the Shoe Fits: Labor Law Applied to Sports 3. 2.3 The Entry Draft 4. 2.4 Free Agency Ain’t Free 5. 2.5 So What the Heck Is a Salary Cap, Then? 6. 2.6 Exceptions to the Cap 7. 2.7 Cap Circumvention 8. 2.8 Collusion 9. 2.9 The Role of the Commissioner in All of This 10. 2.10 If the Cap Don’t Fit . . . 5. Part 3: Bringing Back Real Competition 1. 3.1 Rewarding Success, Not Failure 2. 3.2 It’s My Parity and I’ll Cry If I Want To 3. 3.3 A System You Can Bet On 4. 3.4 Leveling the Playing Field by Restricting Free Agency 5. 3.5 There’s a Draft in Here: The Amateur Draft Doesn’t Level Competition 6. 3.6 Attempts to Rebalance the Draft 7. 3.7 Moving Beyond the Draft 8. 3.8 Too Beat to Compete: How Salary Caps Dumb Down Play 9. 3.9 Innovate or Die: Unless You Have a Cap 10. 3.10 Then There’s Soccer: The Benefits to a Non-Salary-Capped League 11. 3.11 Does Parity Pay? 12. 3.12 What About Soccer’s Corruption? 13. 3.13 Okay, Smart Guys, What Would Work Better? 6. About the Author 7. Copyright
1. Preface 2. Introduction 3. Part 1: The Contracts that Shaped Professional Sport 1. 1.1 Babe Ruth 2. 1.2 Curt Flood 3. 1.3 Catfish Hunter 4. 1.4 Bobby Hull 5. 1.5 Magic and Bird 6. 1.6 Reggie White 7. 1.7 Wayne Gretzky 8. 1.8 Shaquille O’Neal 9. 1.9 Alex Rodriguez 10. 1.10 David Beckham 11. 1.11 LeBron James 4. Part 2: Sports and the Law: The Fine Print 1. 2.1 How Antitrust/Competition Law Works in Sports 2. 2.2 If the Shoe Fits: Labor Law Applied to Sports 3. 2.3 The Entry Draft 4. 2.4 Free Agency Ain’t Free 5. 2.5 So What the Heck Is a Salary Cap, Then? 6. 2.6 Exceptions to the Cap 7. 2.7 Cap Circumvention 8. 2.8 Collusion 9. 2.9 The Role of the Commissioner in All of This 10. 2.10 If the Cap Don’t Fit . . . 5. Part 3: Bringing Back Real Competition 1. 3.1 Rewarding Success, Not Failure 2. 3.2 It’s My Parity and I’ll Cry If I Want To 3. 3.3 A System You Can Bet On 4. 3.4 Leveling the Playing Field by Restricting Free Agency 5. 3.5 There’s a Draft in Here: The Amateur Draft Doesn’t Level Competition 6. 3.6 Attempts to Rebalance the Draft 7. 3.7 Moving Beyond the Draft 8. 3.8 Too Beat to Compete: How Salary Caps Dumb Down Play 9. 3.9 Innovate or Die: Unless You Have a Cap 10. 3.10 Then There’s Soccer: The Benefits to a Non-Salary-Capped League 11. 3.11 Does Parity Pay? 12. 3.12 What About Soccer’s Corruption? 13. 3.13 Okay, Smart Guys, What Would Work Better? 6. About the Author 7. Copyright
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497
USt-IdNr: DE450055826
