This book is unique in that it offers the first truly rigorous application ofeconomic principles to its subject. The authors analyse the economic literature on ... » 

This book is unique in that it offers the first truly rigorous application ofeconomic principles to its subject. The authors analyse the economic literature on sporting leagues the demand for professional team sports the players labour market.Amongst the topics discussed are the US system of franchising and draft picksand the chances of their being adopted elsewhere the implications of playerstrikes the onset of payperview and digital television and the relativelynew notion that sport is a business like any other. «