Inequality among equals: Embedding market and authority in league sports  

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Leifer, Eric M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: AJS: American Journal of Sociology vol. 96 no. 03 (Nov. 1990), page 655-683.
Topik: authority; market.; league sports

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In league sports, the regulatory authority of leagues is thought to counter market pressures that would otherwise concentrate player talent in SMSAs with the largest market potential. The presumed opposition between authority and markets is not supported by league histories in the four major team sports. These histories show that, contrary to expectations, market potential has the greatest influence on winning when league authority is formally strongest. Market potential has no influence on performance when league authority is opposed by antitrust law, player unions, rival leagues, or league members. To explain this anomaly, authority and market relations must both be seen as embedded within the multiplex relations among team owners. These relations changed dramatically with the rise of national audiences in the past three decades. Inequality among equals replaced inequality among unequals as the support of a rootless national audience replaced rooted and unequal local audiences, altering the opportunity context of owners.

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