Players : the story of sports and money, and the visionaries who fought to create a revolution / Matthew Futterman.
Summary:
Traces the single-generation transformation of sports from a cottage industry to a global business, reflecting on how elite athletes, agents, TV executives, coaches, owners, and athletes who once had to take second jobs worked together to create the dominating, big-ticket industry of today.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476716954
- ISBN: 1476716951
- ISBN: 9781476716961
- ISBN: 147671696X
- Physical Description: 325 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
- Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1 Man Who Invented Sports 7 -- 2 Liberation 29 -- 3 Superstars 55 -- 4 Pilic Affair 83 -- 5 Farmer Named Catfish 111 -- 6 Academy World 143 -- 7 Streak: Edwin Moses and the Birth of the Olympic Empire 173 -- 8 Quarterback Club 205 -- 9 Joy of Shooting and the Nike-ization of Sports 233 -- 10 There They Go Again 257. |
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| Subject: | Sports > Economic aspects. Athletes > Salaries, etc. > United States. |
Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Sandhill Regional Library.
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- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore County Library | 338.4 F (Text) | 48198000768727 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary:
Traces the single-generation transformation of sports from a cottage industry to a global business, reflecting on how elite athletes, agents, TV executives, coaches, owners, and athletes who once had to take second jobs worked together to create the dominating, big-ticket industry of today.
