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Preface
is book grew from conversations we had with our colleagues and sport industry
leaders who serve on the University of Michigan’s Sports Management program’s
advisory board. ese discussions, occurring across more than two years, had
become dominated by one theme—the business of sports has been dramatically
changed. ese alterations involved the new ways in which teams and facilities
had become integral parts of the business of real estate development, real estate
management, entertainment, and the media. Students still need to understand the
core nancial and management issues of the sports industry. But, they also need ...