Fans of the World, Unite! : (Record no. 96606)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780804769778 |
| -- | (electronic bk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9780804756686 |
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| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC912095 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL912095 |
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| System control number | (CaPaEBR)ebr10313985 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)471131129 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | GV583 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.47796097 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ross, Stephen F. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Fans of the World, Unite! : |
| Remainder of title | A (Capitalist) Manifesto for Sports Consumers. |
| 264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Redwood City : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Stanford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2008. |
| 264 #4 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | ©2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. How Sports Fans Are Exploited -- A Sports Fans' Manifesto -- The Book, in a Nutshell -- Sports and the Public Trust -- The Inefficient Monopolists -- Can Intervention in the "Free Market" Be Justified? -- Tax Subsidies and Restricted Entry -- Ticket Prices -- Television Blackouts -- Labor Market Restraints -- Operating the Club: Management and Ancillary Sales -- Why Do Fans Put Up With It? -- 2. Diagnosis and Suggested Cure -- Our Twofold Remedy -- Conflict of Interest Between the League and the Owners -- Recognizing the Conflict: The Commissioner and Regulation of "Integrity" Issues -- Beyond the Commissioner -- Promotion and Relegation -- Holdup and the Need for Enforceable Rules -- 3. Competitive Balance -- American Values, Foreign Values, and the Concept of "Competitive Balance" -- Historical Origins of Competitive Balance as a Goal of Sports Leagues -- Is Competitive Balance Consistent with American Capitalist Values? -- Actual Evidence Regarding the Appeal of Balanced Competitions -- How Our Proposals Affect Competitive Balance -- 4. Borrowing from NASCAR: An Independent Competition Organizer -- A Primer on the Economics of "Contest Theory" -- NASCAR's Origins -- NASCAR's Development -- Sleeping Dogs: The Absence of NASCAR Restraints on Entry and Labor Competition -- The Exception That Proves the Rule: Selection of Nextel Cup Sites -- A Few Caveats -- 5. Borrowing from Soccer: Entry by Merit -- Origins of the Structure of a "Closed" League -- Problems with the Closed League Format, and Entry by Merit as a Solution -- How Entry by Merit Works in Soccer -- Origins of Entry by Merit in English Soccer -- Weighing Objections -- 6. How a Restructured Sports League Would Work -- Setting It Up -- Who Does What? -- The Relationship Between the League and the Clubs. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introducing Promotion and Relegation tothe Major Leagues -- The Labor Market and Incentives -- TV and Media -- Ticket Prices -- Marketing Initiatives -- 7. Comparing This Proposal to Other Remedies for Monopoly Power -- The Inadequacy of Antitrust Law to Protect Sports Fans -- Direct Government Regulation -- Break Up the Monopoly League -- Potential Need for Additional Regulation -- Continuing Application of Antitrust Laws to Restructured Sports Entities -- 8. Half-Loaf, Still-an-Improvement Compromise Suggestions -- The Limits to Voluntary Reform -- The Commission System -- The Commissioner as the "Coasebuster" -- Commissioner as Volunteer Cheerleader -- 9. Fans, What We Can Imagine! -- The Case of the Frustrated Billionaire -- The Case of the Compromising Monopolist -- The Case of Mayors with Backbone -- The Case of the Fed-Up Commissioner, -- The Case of the Imperialist Media Baron -- The Case of Fans Arising -- Notes -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Fans of the World, Unite! investigates how American sports leagues are currently operating in the best interests of their owners but not of fans. This book offers a set of practical pro-competitive reforms that could dramatically improve the well-being of fans without crippling the owners financially. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Competition -- United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Monopolies -- United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Professional sports -- Economic aspects -- United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Sports team owners -- United States. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Szymanski, Stefan. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Ross, Stephen F. |
| Title | Fans of the World, Unite! : A (Capitalist) Manifesto for Sports Consumers |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Redwood City : Stanford University Press,c2008 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780804756686 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/buse-ebooks/detail.action?docID=912095">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/buse-ebooks/detail.action?docID=912095</a> |
| Public note | Click to View |
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