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15 SportS MythS and Why they’re Wrong 15 SportS MythS and Why they’re Wrong rodney Fort and Jason Winfree Stanford econoMicS and finance an Imprint of Stanford University press Stanford, California Stanford University Press Stanford, California ©2013 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Uni- versity. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fort, Rodney D., author. 15 sports myths and why they’re wrong / Rodney Fort and Jason Winfree. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8047-7436-9 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Sports—Economic aspects—United States. 2. Professional sports—Economic aspects—United States. 3. College sports— Economic aspects—United States. I. Winfree, Jason (Jason A.), author. II. Title. III. Title: Fifteen sports myths and why they’re wrong. gv716.f665 2013 338.47796—dc23 2013014691 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival- quality paper Typeset at Stanford University Press in Helvetica and 10.5/15 Minion Special discounts for bulk quantities of titles in the Stanford Economics and Finance imprint are available to corporations, professional associations, and other organizations. For details and discount information, contact the special sales department of Stanford University Press. Tel: (650) 736-1782, Fax: (650) 736-1784 acknoWledgMentS We gratefully acknowledge the support of everybody who put up with us during the writing of this book. You know who you are, but we especially single out our wives, Leslie Fort and Nikki Winfree. We always see further standing on the shoulders of giants. Fort especial- ly thanks Roger Noll and James Quirk for their good-natured and tireless mentorship through the years. The book is much better than it could ever have been, thanks to our reviewers, Raymond Sauer, John Siegfried, and Dennis Coates. They all kept us on both the economic straight and narrow and provided food for thought in honing our analysis. Finally, although she shuns this recognition, our ideas would never have met the printed page without the cheerful and expert hand of our editor at Stanford University Press, Margo Beth Fleming. Thanks Margo, you’re the tops. Rodney Fort Jason Winfree contentS Introduction 1 college MythS 1 Revenue Sports Pay for Nonrevenue Sports 7 An Arms Race Drives College Sports Spending Athletic Departments Are a Drag on the University Budget 41 4 Conference Revenue Sharing Levels the Football Field and Basketball Court 59 5 Pay-for-play Will Bankrupt College Athletic Departments 80 Title IX Compliance Must Come at the Cost of Men’s Participation 95 7 The FBS Playoff Will Be Better than the BCS 110 pro MythS 8 Owners and General Managers Are Inept 1 9 Owners Lose Money on Their Sports Teams 154 10 Player Salary Demands Increase Ticket Prices 170 11 Failure to Act on the Issue of Competitive Balance Is Hurting Some Sports Leagues 188 1 Player Drafts and Revenue Sharing Will Improve Competitive Balance 11 1 Owners Should Be More Vigilant in Policing Performance- Enhancing Drugs viii Contents 14 Everybody Loses When Labor-Management Relations Go South 9 15 Major League Baseball Should Emulate the National Football League 5 Conclusions 71 References and Further Reading 75 Index 87 15 SportS MythS and Why they’re Wrong
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