3 The Deadliest Sin in Sports

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. Prologue: Sports on Trial 1
5. I THE INTEGRITY OF SPORTS
6. 1 Misconduct on the Field 9
7. 2 Honoring Civil Rights in Sports 17
8. 3 The Deadliest Sin in Sports 31
9. 4 The Sports War on Drugs 56
10. 5 Athletes as Role Models 73
11. 6 The Moral Ideal for American Sports 97
12. II OWNERS VERSUS PLAYERS
13. 7 Show Us the Money 103
14. 8 Sports Joins the Union 118
15. 9 Opening the Flood-Gates 134
16. 10 What Antitrust Did for Players 150
17. 11 How to Level the Player Field 170
18. 12 Salary Sharing among Players 198
19. III OWNERS VERSUS OWNERS—AND FANS
20. 13 The Brave New World of Franchise Free Agency 223
21. 14 How Far Have We Traveled? 234
22. 15 What the Law Should Do with Raiders 246
23. 16 Stadium Socialism or a Stadium Cap? 263
24. 17 Sports in Intellectual Space 278
25. 18 What Should Leagues Be Like? 297
26. 19 Expand or Break Up the Big Leagues? 314
27. 20 A Better World for Fans 334
28. Epilogue: A Performance-Enhancing Law for Sports 341
29. Acknowledgments 349
30. Index 353