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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Publication Date
- 2018-09-11
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN
- 9781770413931
- Book Title
- Cap in Hand : How Salary Caps Are Killing Pro Sports and Why the Free Market Could Save Them
- Publisher
- ECW Press
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation, Business & Economics
- Topic
- Business Aspects, General, History
- Item Weight
- 13.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 260 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
ECW Press
ISBN-10
1770413936
ISBN-13
9781770413931
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18038486128
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cap in Hand : How Salary Caps Are Killing Pro Sports and Why the Free Market Could Save Them
Number of Pages
260 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Business Aspects, General, History
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-403786
Reviews
"This is a thought-provoking look into the financial structure of North American sports." -- Publishers Weekly, "A thought-provoking book on the history of labor relations in the major pro sports leagues in North America. Destroying the myth that a salary cap equals parity, Dowbiggin offers a clear alternative that any right-minded capitalist knows is out there. All it takes is a trip across the Atlantic Ocean to find it." -- Mitch Melnick, host of Melnick in the Afternoon TSN 690 Radio, "A must-read for any sports enthusiast. Dowbiggin has written a compelling and engaging story describing the evolution of the economic structure of major league sports in North America." -- Tony Comper, retired president and CEO, BMO Financial Group, "This is a thought-provoking look into the financial structure of North American sports." -- Publishers Weekly "A must-read for any sports enthusiast. Dowbiggin has written a compelling and engaging story describing the evolution of the economic structure of major league sports in North America." -- Tony Comper, retired president and CEO, BMO Financial Group "A thought-provoking book on the history of labor relations in the major pro sports leagues in North America. Destroying the myth that a salary cap equals parity, Dowbiggin offers a clear alternative that any right-minded capitalist knows is out there. All it takes is a trip across the Atlantic Ocean to find it." -- Mitch Melnick, host of Melnick in the Afternoon TSN 690 Radio, "This examination of avenues other than a salary cap is interesting, especially with the threat of another NHL lockout looming in 2020." -- Toronto Sun
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
331.2/81796044
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction Part 1: The Contracts that Shaped Professional Sport 1.1 Babe Ruth 1.2 Curt Flood 1.3 Catfish Hunter 1.4 Bobby Hull 1.5 Magic and Bird 1.6 Reggie White 1.7 Wayne Gretzky 1.8 Shaquille O'Neal 1.9 Alex Rodriguez 1.10 David Beckham 1.11 LeBron James Part 2: Sports and the Law: The Fine Print 2.1 How Antitrust/Competition Law Works in Sports 2.2 If the Shoe Fits: Labor Law Applied to Sports 2.3 The Entry Draft 2.4 Free Agency Ain't Free 2.5 So What the Heck Is a Salary Cap, Then? 2.6 Exceptions to the Cap 2.7 Cap Circumvention 2.8 Collusion 2.9 The Role of the Commissioner in All of This 2.10 If the Cap Don't Fit . . . Part 3: Bringing Back Real Competition 3.1 Rewarding Success, Not Failure 3.2 It's My Parity and I'll Cry If I Want To 3.3 A System You Can Bet On 3.4 Leveling the Playing Field by Restricting Free Agency 3.5 There's a Draft in Here: The Amateur Draft Doesn't Level Competition 3.6 Attempts to Rebalance the Draft 3.7 Moving Beyond the Draft 3.8 Too Beat to Compete: How Salary Caps Dumb Down Play 3.9 Innovate or Die: Unless You Have a Cap 3.10 Then There's Soccer: The Benefits to a Non-Salary-Capped League 3.11 Does Parity Pay? 3.12 What About Soccer's Corruption? 3.13 Okay, Smart Guys, What Would Work Better? About the Author Copyright
Synopsis
Cap In Hand asks: what if the four major North American pro sports move beyond the restrictive covenants of the franchise model? The product sold to fans today is a pale copy of what it might be if the market could guide the best players to the best teams, whose ingenuity and innovation would inspire everyone to do better and put on a better show., Iconic baseball writer Bill James, in 1987, frustrated with MLB's labor stoppages and the decline of the minor leagues, wrote that the minors "were an abomination ... if you're selling a sport and the players don't care about winning, that's not a sport. That's a fraud ... an exhibition masquerading as a contest." Bill imagined a better model and proposed that, as opposed to limiting the number of teams in MLB to protect parity, a free market was capable of sustaining many more franchises -- hundreds, even -- if we would just allow it to sort out the level at which those cities might best compete. Cap in Hand goes a step further, arguing that a free market in sports teams and athletes once existed and could work again if the monopolists of MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL would simply relent from salary-restraint schemes and reserve-clause models that result in elite talent being spread as thinly as possible and mediocrity being rewarded via amateur drafts and equalization payments. In fact, the model for this exists and may be the most wildly popular and monetarily successful of all professional sports: European football. Cap In Hand asks: what if the four major North American pro sports move beyond the restrictive covenants of the franchise model? The product sold to fans today is a pale copy of what it might be if the market could guide the best players to the best teams, whose ingenuity and innovation would inspire everyone to do better and put on a better show.
LC Classification Number
GV716
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