SPOILED SPORTS.

Authors :: Sandel, Michael J.
Source :: New Republic. 05/25/98, Vol. 218 Issue 21, p10-14. 3p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Publication Year :: 1998
Abstract: Highlights the extortion of communities in the U.S. by professional sports teams as of May 1998. Impact of the proliferation of luxury skyboxes on sports fans; Sports teams who have abandoned their host cities to maximize their profits; Suggestion to lessen the vulnerability of communities to extortion by sports teams; Measures taken in various states to promote community ownership of teams.