Are players' unions good for professional sports leagues? / Thomas Riggs and Company, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2013. - 110 p. ; 24 cm. - At issue. Sports. . - At issue. Sports. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Players' unions make professional sports more competitive and fair / Players' unions make professional sports too expensive for fans / Football's future if the players win / Players' unions protect owners, not players or fans / Agents, not unions, are the cause of NBA labor strife / NBA labor issues are based in racism / Fans are the real victims of sports labor strife / Fans will always return after a sports labor dispute / The success of the NFL proves collective bargaining benefits everyone / NFL labor dispute reflects wider rift between workers and employers / Players' unions encourage perpetual labor strife / Players' unions give athletes a voice that non-union workers don't have / Adopting European system would eliminate labor issues in US sports / Make the fans the owners : a long-term solutin for the NFL / Timothy L. Epstein -- Ben Shapiro -- Roger Goodell -- Arn Tellem -- Kevin Ding -- David J. Leonard -- Sally Jenkins -- David J. Berri, Martin B. Schmidt, and Stacey L. Brook -- David Madland and Nick Bunker -- Michael Schottey -- Richard A. Epstein -- Paul Frymer and Dorian T. Warren -- David Berri -- Roger Groves.

ISBN: 9780737764161 (hardback) 9780737764178 (paperback)

LCCN: 2012025356

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Professional sports--Economic aspects--United States.
Professional sports contracts--United States.
Professional sports--Law and legislation--United States.
Collective bargaining--Sports--United States.
Athletes--Labor unions--United States.

LC Class. No.: GV716 / .A73 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 338.47796