Professional Sports Franchise Movements and the Sherman Act: When and Where Teams Should Be Able to Move?
Year: 1983
Type: article
Abstract: Professional sports play a major role in American life.On any weekend one need only turn on a television set to be inundated with baseball, football, basketball, hockey and soccer games, tennis matches, golf tournaments and any one of a growing number of other sporting events.'One hundred and twenty-two teams 2 and five major United States team sports compete for fan recognition, media attention, ticket sales, players, coaches, and other personnel.Millions of dollars are won or lost on ninth inning home runs and last second field goals and a championship team can send an entire city into a frenzy.This "sports mania" shows no regard for race, sex, age, social status or any other conceivable categorization.3 Beyond
Author: Jeffrey Glick
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1578287833