15 sports myths and why they're wrong
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| Language: | English |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Revenue sports pay for nonrevenue sports
- An arms race drives college sports spending
- Athletic departments are a drag on the university budget
- Conference revenue sharing levels the football field and basketball court
- Pay-for-play will bankrupt college athletic departments
- Title IX compliance must come at the cost of men's participation
- The FBS playoff will be better than the BCS
- Owners and general managers are inept
- Owners lose money on their sports teams
- Player salary demands increase ticket prices
- Failure to act on the issue of competitive balance is hurting some sports leagues
- Player drafts and revenue sharing will improve competitive balance
- Owners should be more vigilant in policing performance-enhancing drugs
- Everybody loses when labor-management relations go south
- Major League Baseball should emulate the National Football League.