Includes bibliographical references and index.

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