Power, prestige, and millions of dollars--these are the stakes in the sports franchise game. In this innovative book, sports attorney Kenneth Shropshire describes the franchise warfare that pits city against city in the fierce bidding competition to capture major league teams. Rigorous research, fascinating interviews with major players, stories behind the headlines, and an insider's perspective converge in this rare view of the business side of professional sports.
Power, prestige, and millions of dollars--these are the stakes in the sports franchise game. In this innovative book, sports attorney Kenneth Shropshire describes the franchise warfare that pits city against city in the fierce bidding competition to capture major league teams. Rigorous research, fascinating interviews with major players, stories behind the headlines, and an insider's perspective converge in this rare view of the business side of professional sports.
List of Tables Foreword, by Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Sports Franchise Game 2. Impact Studies and Other Quantitative Analyses: Inconclusive Conclusions 3. The Philadelphia v. Camden Story 4. Shifts in the Bay Area, Part 1: San Francisco 5. Shifts in the Bay Area, Part 2: Oakland 6. The Field-of-Dreams Approach: Baltimore and Indianapolis 7. Washington, D.C.: Longing for the Senators 8. Putting the Pursuit into Perspective: The Value of Sports Notes Index
List of Tables Foreword, by Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Sports Franchise Game 2. Impact Studies and Other Quantitative Analyses: Inconclusive Conclusions 3. The Philadelphia v. Camden Story 4. Shifts in the Bay Area, Part 1: San Francisco 5. Shifts in the Bay Area, Part 2: Oakland 6. The Field-of-Dreams Approach: Baltimore and Indianapolis 7. Washington, D.C.: Longing for the Senators 8. Putting the Pursuit into Perspective: The Value of Sports Notes Index
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