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Contents

Acknowledgments

Reading Credits

PART I Professional Sports

CHAPTER 1 Ownership

PERSONALITIES AND MOTIVATIONS

Hard Ball: The Abuse of Power in Pro Team Sports

James P. Quirk and Rodney D. Fort

Sport as Business

Andrew Zimbalist

The Value of Major League Baseball Ownership

Rodney Fort

ALTERNATIVE MODELS

NFL vs. Sherman Act: How the NFL’s Ban on Public Ownership Violates Federal Antitrust Laws

Genevieve F. E. Birren

A Piece of the Rock (or the Rockets): The Viability of Widespread Public Offerings of Professional Sports Franchises

Ryan Schaffer

TAX CONSIDERATIONS

Tax Revisions of 2004 and Pro Sports Team Ownership

Edward N. Coulson and Rodney Fort

CHAPTER 2 Leagues: Structure and Background

POSITIONING OF SPORTS IN THE ...

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