Andrew Zimbalist: The Bottom Line

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Feisty essays from one of the nation's top sports economists<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781592135127&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="1860_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>The Bottom Line</h1> <H2>Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business</H2> <h3>Andrew Zimbalist</h3> <P>cloth 1-59213-512-9 $75.50, Jul 06, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Available</FONT> <br>paper 1-59213-513-7 $29.95, Jul 06, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Available</FONT> <br>Electronic Book 1-59213-514-5 $29.95 <FONT COLOR=#990033>Available</FONT> <BR> 312 pp 6x9 </P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"Very few academics treat sport as seriously as it deserves. And precious few of them keep their subject interesting. Andrew Zimbalist is royalty in this small kingdom."</i> <br><b>Franklin Foer</b>, author of <i>How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization</i><i></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <p>In <i>The Bottom Line</i>, one of the foremost sports economists writing today, Andrew Zimbalist (<i>National Pastime</i>), analyzes the "net value" of sports. He examines motives for why owners buy franchises, the worth of the players and the profitability of teams, and the importance of publicly funded stadiums. In the essays collected herewhich appeared in publications like <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>Sports Business Journal</i>, and <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> from 1998-2006Zimbalist considers the current state of organized sports, from football and baseball to basketball, hockey, and soccer. He also addresses antitrust and labor relations issues, gender equity concerns, collegiate athletics, and the regulation of steroid use, providing readers with a better understanding of the business of sports and the sports businessand what makes both tick. <BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p> <BR> <h2>Reviews</h2> <p><i>"Andrew Zimbalist has taken important topics and given us a thoughtful, fascinating, and deeply prepared discussion of the games we hold so dear."</i> <br><b>Lesley Visser</b>, CBS Sportscaster <p><i>"Andrew Zimbalist is one of the best writers among economists working today, and he provides insightful analysis on interesting subjects. The essays in </i>The Bottom Line<i> provide a narrative history of recent events in the sports business and contain a wealth of detailed information, such as the share price for the Indian's IPO. I recommend this unique book."</i> <br><b>Brad Humphreys</b>, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign <p><i>"</i>The Bottom Line<i> is not only eminently readable but it has much to teach the average (whatever such a designation might mean) sports fan a great deal about the economics of sport. It contains information that is valuable and just beyond the access of the average fan."</i> <br><b>Grant Farred</b>, author of <i>Phantom Calls: Race and the Globalization of the NBA</i> and <i>Long Distance Love: A Passion for Football</i> <p><i>"The advantage of this book is that it allows the reader to see how one of the foremost professors in sports and business analyzed each event virtually as it happened. So this book will take you back over the past decade and consistently teach you something new about professional and college sports."</i> <br><b>Dave Berri</b>, <a href="http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/the-bottom-line-a-book-review/" target="new">The Wages of Wins Journal</a> <p><i>"The bottom line on </i>The Bottom Line<i>? Definitely worth the money and time, even though it reprints work previously published. The author of several excellent books on baseball economics, Zimbalist (economics, Smith College) is an indefatigable, seemingly ubiquitous commentator on the business of sports in the print and broadcast media....Readers will be informed by most of these opinion pieces and infuriated by others. But Zimbalist should not be ignored. Highly recommended."</i> <br>&#151<b><i>Choice</i></b> <p><i>"</i>The Bottom Line<i> brings together some of the best articles that [Zimbalist] has written during the past 15 years. Like readers who find that their favorite novelist is also an expert short-story writer, those familiar with Zimbalist�s books but not his op-ed pieces will see the same trenchant analysis and quick with in these essays�.It is a collection worth reading and rereading."</i> <br>&#151<b><i>The Journal of Sports Economics</i></b> <p><i>"Andrew Zimbalist pulls no punches, writing in a deliberately provocative style that will no doubt have some cheering with every jab and upper cut and others screaming about blows below the belt�. [T]he articles provide an efficient, accessible and at the time they were written, timely survey of much of the Sports Economics landscape as viewed by Professor Zimbalist�.[He] provides a quick comprehensive overview of the subject."</i> <br>&#151<b><i>The Journal of Economic Literature</i></b> <BR> <P><p>Andrew Zimbalist discusses coaches and compensation on <a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/01/17/midmorning1" target="new">MPR.</a></P><BR> <br> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>Introduction <p><b>Part I. Team Management, Finances, and Value</b> <br>1. So You Want to Own a Big-League Ball Team? <br>2. Capital Needs, Political Realities Fuel New Interest in Sports Offerings <br>3. A Miami Fish Story <br>4. Take Stock in the Tribe <br>5. Has Milstein Lost His Mind? Not Hardly <br>6. If the Redskins Are Worth $800 Million ... <br>7. The NFL's New Math <br>8. Don't Cry for Woody <br>9. Ticket Prices and Players' Salaries: The Real Story <br>10. Yes, It's about Money <br>11. The NFL's Economic Success <br>12. How Much Are the Red Sox Worth? <br>13. MLB in the Aftermath of September 11 <br>14. MLB by the Numbers, but Who's Buying? <br>15. Baseball by the Numbers <br>16. The Mets Are Worth More Than $391 Million <br>17. The Sports Franchise Market Is Stronger Than Many Think <br>18. Flawed Financial Analysis of NHL Skates on Thin Ice <br>19. Baseball's New Numbers: Doom and Gloom or Blip and Fit? <br>20. Baseball's New Management Culture Is a Work in Progress <br>21. $53 Million for Pedro? How Do You Figure? <p><b>Part II. League Structure, Design, and Performance</b> <br>22. Fewer Families Own Sports Teams: It's OK <br>23. If Competitive Balance Spoils the Show, Congress Waits in the Wings <br>24. Selig, Players Both Err Early Regarding Competitive Balance <br>25. Talent Decompression and Competitive Balance in Major League Baseball <br>26. Minor-League Basketball: There's a Right Way and a Wrong Way <br>27. The Commissioner's New Clothes <br>28. Baseball's Competitive Balance and the Amateur Draft <br>29. Baseball's Blue Ribbon Panel: Good News and Bad News <br>30. NFL's Revenue Sharing Saps Will to Win? <br>31. The Sports Industry during Recessions <br>32. On Contraction, Selig Should Change His Mind Again <br>33. Un-Fair Ball <br>34. Competitive Balance Is a Problem <br>35. How to Reform the NHL's Economic System <br>36. MLS Remains Minor League, World Cup Notwithstanding <br>37. Beantown's New Brain Trust Touches All the Fans' Bases <br>38. The NFL's Report Card <br>39. Trading Deadline Activity Raises Issue of Baseball's Competitive Integrity <br>40. The Gold in Baseball's Diamond <br>41. What Went Wrong with WUSA? <br>42. Money Game: Baseball's Short-Lived Rally <br>43. No Reason to Break Up the Yankees <br>44. More Financial Smoke and Mirrors from MLB <br>45. Enough Already: Time to Award D.C. a Franchise <br>46. Tweaking the NFL Juggernaut <br>47. Single Entity, Though Alluring, Won't Solve Hockey's Problems <br>48. British Soccer Fans, Kicked Again (with Stefan Szymanski) <br>49. McClatchy Is Barking Up the Wrong Tree <p><b>Part III. Stadiums: Financing, Mega-Events, and Economic Development</b> <br>50. Fan Freedom and Community Protection Act of 1996 <br>51. What's BOB Really Worth to Phoenix? <br>52. Football Stadium Folly <br>53. When Teams Move, Protecting Both Fans and Owners Is Tricky <br>54. Now You See the Patriots, Now You Don't: NFL Musical Chairs <br>55. Flawed Specter Bill Gets an A for Effort <br>56. A Tale of Facilities in Two Cities: Boston and Green Bay <br>57. Share of Ballpark: $16 a Year <br>58. Cards' Offer Is in the Ballpark <br>59. New York City Can Do Better <br>60. The NFL and Los Angeles: Here We Go Again <br>61. Live from New York City: Inflation, Trafficand the Olympics! <br>62. Renovating the Stadiums: The Real Economic Story <br>63. Foxboro's Gillette Stadium: A Model for Others to Ponder <br>64. Games People Play <br>65. Straight Talk on Stadiums <br>66. More Benevolence in Stadium Games <br>67. New York Facility Triad Is Good News <br>68. Economic Impact of the Olympics Doesn't Match the Hype <p><b>Part IV. Antitrust and Labor Relations</b> <br>69. Take Me Out to the Cleaners <br>70. Batter Up, Already <br>71. Team Profitability and Labor Peace <br>72. This Bud's for a Salary Cap <br>73. Let the Market Rule the Basketball Court <br>74. The NBA Lockout: Who's Dropping the Ball? <br>75. The NBA Lockout: A Postmortem <br>76. "Jordan Effect" Won't Rescue the NBA <br>77. NBA Players Are Doing Fine, Thank You <br>78. Contraction and Baseball's Antitrust Exemption? <br>79. Baseball's Addition through Subtraction Just Doesn't Add Up <br>80. Baseball's Game of Smoke and Mirrors <br>81. Baseball and D.C. for All the Wrong Reasons <br>82. All Right All You Lawyers, Play Ball! <br>83. Baseball: A Deal Can Get Done <br>84. Labor Relations Heating Up in the NBA <br>85. The New Baseball Labor Agreement Is Already at Work <br>86. NHL: Time to Stop Blowing Smoke and Start Real Bargaining <br>87. A-Rod Capture Makes Dollars and Sense <br>88. What to Do about the Hockey Mess <br>89. Hockey Owners Give Their Sport a Slap Shot <br>90. Monopoly's Money <p><b>Part V. College Sports and Gender Equity</b> <br>91. College Sports: Surplus or Deficit? <br>92. Make Freshmen Ineligible: Only Good Can Come of It <br>93. Real Reform, Not Tinkering, Is Needed in College Sports <br>94. The NCAA Has Lost Its Way <br>95. Unsportsmanlike Conduct <br>96. CBS's Big NCAA Deal Is No Cure for What's Ailing College Sports <br>97. Win One for the Gipper <br>98. Backlash against Title IX: An End Run around Female Athletes <br>99. Has March Madness Gone Mad? <br>100. Pay for Play in College Sports: Think Twice <br>101. College Athletic Success and Donations: Evidence Is Not Encouraging <br>102. The NCAA's New Financial Status Report: Good News or Bad? <br>103. College Is Not for Everyone <br>104. Should College Athletes Be Paid? <br>105. Making the (Up)Grade: Tougher Than It Looks <br>106. Another Bowl Game Is Not What the NCAA Needs <br>107. Numbers, Facts Don't Back Title IX Critics <br>108. The BCS Is Ripe for Reform <br>109. Clarett Has a Compelling Case for NFL Eligibility <br>110. Let Jeremy Bloom Ski and Play Wide Receiver <br>111. Curb Coaches' Salaries and Preserve Title IX Gains <br>112. Final Word: Million-Dollar Contracts for College Coaches Make Little Sense <p><b>Part VI. Media and the Regulation of Steroids</b> <br>113. Extreme Is Mediocre and XFL Is the Name <br>114. The Increasingly Complex Sports Media Landscape <br>115. No Easy Answers for MLB's Steroid Scandal <br>116. Reflections on the Super Bowl <br>117. In Steroids Hearings, Congress Has Its Eye on the Wrong Ball <br>118. Anti-Doping: Settle In for the Long Haul <p>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <table><tr><td valign="top"><img src="/tempress/authors/1860_au.gif" height="90" width="75"></td><td width="100%" valign="middle"><p><b>Andrew Zimbalist</b> is Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College. His other books include (with Stefan Szymanski) <i>National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer</i> and <i>In the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig</i>. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of <i>The Journal of Sports Economics</i>.</P></td></tr></table> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/sports.html" TARGET="_top">Sports</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/business.html" TARGET="_top">Business/Economics</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781592135127&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. 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