U/CL Pathfinders

 

ATHLETES AND SALARIES

 

DEFINITION: “How high can the salaries of professional athletes go? Is there any limit to what the owners of baseball, basketball, football, and hockey teams are willing to pay for the 3,300 men who have earned places on their rosters?” Controversies of the Sports World.

 

NARROW THE TOPIC:

·       How should players' salaries be structured?

·       Why do professional basketball players earn such disproportionately large salaries in relation to other professional athletes in sports like hockey?

·       Why are owners and fans willing to foot the bill on these salaries?

·       Should players' salearies be capped?

·       What impact does professional basketball have on the U.S. and global economies?

·       Do players deserve more than they currently make?

·       How do you measure the economic value of a profession or occupation?

·       What criteria should be used to determine the relative value of various occupations, including those of professional athletes?

·       What might be the consequences of paying firefighters and other public servants as much as professional athletes?

·       Is it possible to measure the worth of a profession in dollars and cents?

·       How much do owners, players’ agents and players’ unions contribute to this issue?

 

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS:   Professional Sports—United States; Sports—economic aspects—United States; Professional Sports—economic aspects

 

MATERIAL SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE AREA:

Americans at Play, “Admissions to Sporting Events”	REF GV 191.4 .W45
Controversies of the Sports World	REF GV 706.5 .P88 1999
Sports Ethics	REF GV 706.3 .B47 1994
Sport in American Culture, “Marketing of Sport”	REF GV 706.2 .D86 2004

 

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

Opposing Viewpoints: Sports and Athletes 

Issues and Controversies on File, “Sports Salary Caps”                                            11/26/2004

 

ELECTRONIC INDEXES: 

Academic Search Complete

Expanded Academic ASAP

OmniFile Full Text Mega

Health and Wellness Resource Center

CQ Researcher

 

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS:  America's Newspapers

 

STATISTICS

Hoopshype.com                                                                               http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries.htm

USA Today Salaries  (Basketball, Baseball, Football, Hockey: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/salaries/index.htm

 

SUGGESTED INTERNET SITES:

Sports Joins the Union:

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=/commentary/20000927_weiler.html

 

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