Sports, Inc.: 100 Years of Sports Business

by Phil Schaaf

It's not just a game anymore. Sports today, at both the amateur and professional level, is big business, and more and more people are becoming involved in the exciting careers and financial opportunities that sports entertainment offers.In this comprehensive overview of the sports industry Phil Schaaf traces the global evolution of sports entertainment, dissects current trends, and forecasts the likely evolution of sports as a major international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159102112X
• ISBN13: 9781591021124
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Overview: Informative & Instructive

I bought this book for the discussion on current sports marketing applications and methods. After reading those parts first, I then became absorbed with the narration on the background of the sports business industry itself which goes back into the late 1800's. The historical information is presented in stories and case studies of successes, failures, false starts and the big dreams of those who believed in sports as a profitable entertainment entity. The book closes by showing how companies, TV partners and customers all gravitate to sports in order to market products and services and uses more case studies to show how the whole enterprise works.It is a great overview of both the supply and demand sides of sports: highly recommended for any sports fan and especially for those who work in sports, or for companies that sponsor sports programs.