1st Edition

The Commercialisation of Sport

Edited By Trevor Slack Copyright 2004
368 Pages
by Routledge

366 Pages
by Routledge

366 Pages
by Routledge

What does commercialisation mean for the future of sport? Modern sports links to commerce are highly visible. Stadiums and arenas bear the names of businesses, while sponsors' logos appear on athletes' clothing and equipment, on the facilities in which they play, and in the titles of the events in which they compete. Media companies pay vast sums for the rights to broadcast sports events, and... Read more
Notes on Contributors, Series Editor’s Foreword, Foreword, Acknowledgements, Prologue, PART I: THE SPORTS INDUSTRY, PART II: THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE COMMERCIALISATION OF SPORT, PART III: THE COMMERCIALISATION OF ‘AMATEUR’ SPORT, PART IV: TELEVISION AND THE COMMERCIALISATION OF SPORT, PART V: SPORT SPONSORSHIP, Index

Biography

Trevor Slack