9780674001657 - Leveling the Playing Field: How the Law Can Make Sports Better for Fans de Weiler, Paul C. (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Topics include Sports on Trial; The Integrity of Sports; Owners vs. Players; Owners vs Owners-and Fans. First Edition in very good condition. I have around 50 publications on Economics and the Law of Sport and more than 2,500 baseball publications in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 367pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Minor corner bumping. Light edge wear to the dust jacket. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. No markings to text block. Inscribed by author on the half title. Top of text block lightly soiled.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Fine condition. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts & London: Harvard University Press, 2000. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped ($29.95). A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Index. Bound in the original green boards with a blue cloth spine lettered in metallic green. From the Dust Jacket: "The world of sports seems entwined with lawsuits. This is so, Paul Weiler explains, because of two characteristics intrinsic to all competitive sports. First, sporting contests lose their drama if the competition becomes too lopsided. Second, the winning athletes and teams usually take the 'lion's share' of both fan attention and spending. So interest in second-rate teams and in second-rate leagues rapidly wanes, leaving one dominant league with monopoly power. The ideal of evenly balanced sporting contests is continually challenged by economic, social, and technological forces. Consequently, Weiler argues, the law is essential to level the playing field for players, owners, and ultimately fans and taxpayers. For example, he shows why players' use of performance-enhancing drugs, even legal ones, should be treated as a more serious offense than, say, use of cocaine. He also explains why proposals to break up dominant leagues and create new ones will not work, and thus why both union representation of players and legal protection for fans -- and taxpayers -- are necessary. Using well-known incidents -- and supplying little-known facts -- Weiler analyzes a wide array of moral and economic issues that arise in all competitive sports. He tells us, for example, how Commissioner Bud Selig should respond to Pete Rose's quest for admission to the Hall of Fame; what kind of settlement will allow baseball players and owners to avoid a replay of their past labor battles; and how our political leaders should address the recent wave of taxpayer-built stadiums.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 367pp.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. 1st edition. Leveling The Playing Field by Paul C Weiler. Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardbound. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: VG. Scratch to back cover where label partially removed. 367 Pgs. ISBN 0674001656. LCCN 99-087304. The ideal of evenly balanced sporting contests is continually challenged by economic, social, and technological forces. Consequently, the law is essential to level the playing field for players, owners, and ultimately fans and taxpayers. For example, the author shows why players' use of performance-enhancing drugs, even legal ones, should be treated as a more serious offense than, say, use of cocaine. He also explains why proposals to break up dominant leagues and create new ones will not work, and thus why both union representation of players and legal protection for fans, and taxpayers, are necessary. Using well-known incidents, and supplying little-known facts, the author analyzes a wide array of moral and economic issues that arise in all competitive sports. He tells us, for example, how Commissioner Bud Selig should respond to Pete Rose's quest for admission to the Hall of Fame; what kind of settlement will allow baseball players and owners to avoid a replay of their past labor battles; and how our political leaders should address the recent wave of taxpayer-built stadiums. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 12663. book.