Fans of professional sports have been forced to pay attention to labor relations in the last five years. The 1994-1995 season reminded baseball enthusiasts that a player's strike can mean something more than a swing and a miss, and the fans of other sports have experienced similar frustrations. In Playing for Dollars, Paul D. Staudohar analyzes...
Fans of professional sports have been forced to pay attention to labor relations in the last five years. The 1994-1995 season reminded baseball enthus...
The essays comprising this text aim to shed new light on the interaction of labour, management, and government in contemporary major league baseball.
The essays comprising this text aim to shed new light on the interaction of labour, management, and government in contemporary major league baseball.
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Robert C. Berry William B., IV Gould Paul D. Staudohar
For all the billions of dollars the sports industry generates, its labor laws and negotiations are still relatively new, and their impact is only beginning to be felt. Labor Relations in Professional Sports offers a step-by-step examination of how these new management-player relationships have come about and what they may portend for the future. In an engaging style that is rich in sports history and anecdotes, the authors examine the background of the major team sports--baseball, football, basketball, and hockey--and analyze how business and legal considerations have affected each sport's...
For all the billions of dollars the sports industry generates, its labor laws and negotiations are still relatively new, and their impact is only b...
Every decade of the 20th century and many great writers, including P. G. Wodehouse, Paul Gallico, Don Marquis, and John Updike, are represented in these great tales of golf. British duffers, amateur sleuths, pros, hustlers, plodders, cheaters, starry-eyed lovers, and crass finaglers people these stories, which range from comedy to tragedy, mystery, action, introspection, and romance. Each reveals a true love of the game and a wry understanding of golf s frustrations, perplexities, embarrassments, and moments of pure delight. "
Every decade of the 20th century and many great writers, including P. G. Wodehouse, Paul Gallico, Don Marquis, and John Updike, are represented in the...
This expanded edition features the best-loved short stories from the 20th century as well as new tales from some of the 21st century s most iconic names in fiction.No other sport has inspired as many great writers as baseball has, and this exceptional anthology brings together 34 short stories about the nation s favorite pastime. The stories span several decades and are written by some of America s favorite writers, including Zane Grey, James Thurber, Robert Penn Warren, T. Coraghessan Boyle, and Michael Chabon, among others. Many of the stories are about the game itself, while others use...
This expanded edition features the best-loved short stories from the 20th century as well as new tales from some of the 21st century s most iconic nam...
