Sports Economics
Author: Rodney D Fort
This unique book applies economic theory to the business of sports. It deals mainly with professional team sports (with a section devoted to college team sports), showing how supply and demand join at the market level, and how team owners act together through their leagues (or athletic departments through the NCAA) to facilitate their market power. This book will help the reader understand the business side of sports and how it impacts the games seen at the stadium or in the arena. Topics covered in this book are: demand, supply, and sports market outcomes; the market for talent and labor relations; government and the sports business; and college sports. With amusing anecdotes and interesting stories about sports business personalities, this book is for anyone who is involved in the economic side of sports and sports management.
Booknews
Focusing on professional team sports, this textbook examines ticket pricing, advertising revenue, the business structure of sports leagues, the history of player pay, labor relations, local revenue generated by sporting events, and the debate over stadium financing. The final chapter overviews similar economic issues in college sports. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Table of Contents:
| Ch. 1 | Warm-up : the business of sports | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Demand and sports revenue | 13 |
| Ch. 3 | The market for sports broadcast rights | 52 |
| Ch. 4 | Team cost, profit, and winning | 92 |
| Ch. 5 | Sports market outcomes, part I : leagues, team location, expansion, and negotiations | 133 |
| Ch. 6 | Sports market outcomes, part II : leagues and competitive balance | 164 |
| Ch. 7 | The value of sports talent | 206 |
| Ch. 8 | The history of player pay | 255 |
| Ch. 9 | Labor relations in pro sports | 289 |
| Ch. 10 | Subsidies and economic impact analysis | 337 |
| Ch. 11 | The stadium mess | 378 |
| Ch. 12 | Taxes, antitrust, and competition policy | 417 |
| Ch. 13 | College sports | 456 |
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The Portable Mentor: Expert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology
Author: Marcus Patterson
Written for students and early career psychologists, The Portable Mentor is a professional development handbook with practical guidelines and suggestions for mastering virtually every professional task encountered during the first decade of a career in psychology. Comprehensive in scope, but practical in use, The Portable Mentor offers the best possible training from the most successful leaders in psychology, combining the wisdom and mentorship of noted psychology experts into a single source.
About the Author
Mitchell J. Prinstein, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at Yale University and an Adjunct Assistant Professor (Research) at Brown Medical School. The emphasis of Dr. Prinstein's published work in developmental psychopathology examines interpersonal models of internalizing symptoms and health risk behaviors. His research has been funded by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and several private foundations. Apart from his research, Dr. Prinstein has had a long standing interest in the professional development of psychologists, beginning with his development of a survival guide in graduate school that served as a conceptual blueprint for this volume. As the elected Chair of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students, Dr. Prinstein has had numerous opportunities to represent graduate student training interests to governance groups in psychology internationally, such as the Psychology Executives Roundtable, APPIC, the APA Board of Educational Affairs, and APA Council of Representatives. Dr. Prinstein was the first student representative to serve as a member of the APA Board of Directors, and he is currently the chair of the APA ad hoc Committee on Early Career Psychologists. He created and currently is the instructor of a Professional Development Workshop Series offered to doctoral students in psychology at Yale University. Marcus D. Patterson is currently a doctoral (Ph.D.) candidate at Boston University and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. As a student, Mr. Patterson was a member of the APA Committee on Accreditation and a member of the international Psychology Executives Roundtable. He served on the APA Advocacy Coordinating Team from 1996-1998, and has been an invited attendee at the State Leadership Conference for over five years. Mr. Patterson has also served as a liaison to the APA Council of Representatives, the Association of the State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB), the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), the Presidential Commission on Education and Training Leading to Licensure and on the APA Education Leadership Conference. He received the President's award for contribution and service to the profession of psychology from the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students (NAGPS) in 1998. He was the 1997-98 Rosenblum Fellow in Political Advocacy for the Massachusetts Psychological Association (MPA) and founded the MPA Doctoral Student Group. He was Chair of the American Psychological Association's Graduate Students (APAGS) from 2000-2001 and continues to serve on the APAGS executive committee. Mr. Patterson has written a number of articles and given numerous presentations on training issues impacting students.
Ph.D., ABPP, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology, Temple University - Philip C. Kendall
In diverse chapters by active and leading experts, The Portable Mentor provides insightful commentaries and bullet-lists of ideas to facilitate early career advancement in psychology. Want to review a research literature, arrange a positive teaching experience, navigate a dissertation? Or perhaps your questions concern practica, internship, licensure, private practice, or board certificationor ethics, or being active in service organizations, or even balancing a career and a family. For any and all, and more, The Portable Mentor provides pathways to a productive early career. And for those already into their career, advice on how to be a good mentor to our future. Indeed, for psychologists at countless points in their careers, The Portable Mentor is a very worthwhile read.
Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Research Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Clinical Programs, and Director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University - David H. Barlow
`What a great idea for a book! Edited by two former chairs of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS), this book covers, in a comprehensive fashion, everything about graduate school and career planning a psychologist in training usually learns by word-of-mouth! It's about time someone compiled this crucial information. Whether one is headed for a research or a clinical career, all of the practical steps to get there are included. And, "The Portable Mentor" is an apt description. Every graduate student and young professional will want to have this book readily available.
Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Thomas H. Ollendick
Prinstein and Pattersonhave recruited a veritable who's who of psychology to provide us a well-written, scholarly, and comprehensive guide to a successful career in psychology. The volume is filled with critical commentary and issues confronting clinical psychology and with practical and well-reasoned advice on how to negotiate many of the muddy and troubled waters that characterize our field of study in the new millennium. I wish I'd had such a book in my "back pocket" upon my graduation some years ago!
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Reviewer: Nicholas Greco IV, M.S., BCETS, CATSM, CCRA (Abbott Laboratories)
Description: This book is the definitive guide for developing one's skills and pursuing various career options within the field of psychology.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide graduate students and early career psychologists with a comprehensive and practical resource on professional development issues in psychology. Secondly, readers will gain the knowledge necessary to make well calculated career decisions and have the tools to succeed. Given the variability or lack of guidance one may receive in graduate school and early on in his career, this book meets and exceeds its objectives.
Audience: Graduate students and early career psychologists will benefit the most; but seasoned members of the field will find this book invaluable not just for themselves but for those they mentor. Additionally, undergraduates considering pursuit of a graduate career in psychology may benefit from the step-by-step and detailed explanations of the various paths one may take and the challenges one would expect to face. The contributing authors are credible authorities in the field of psychology. They share invaluable advice which clearly provides the reader with the mentorship needed to advance in the field with confidence and a solid foundation of knowledge.
Features: Clearly, the entire book stands out as a must-have for any level psychologist or psychology graduate student. The book is divided in five sections which cover beginning your career, your research academic career, your career as a practitioner, your professional service career, and finally your career after graduate school. The chapters on ethics, presenting and publishing your research, teaching, private practice, and board certification are a must-read. An added highlight is the chapter by Philip Zimbardo on the public education of psychology which delves into various topics of how to work with and deal with the media. The only shortcoming is the number of grammatical and spelling errors which permeated a number of chapters.
Assessment: This is a solidly written and strong resource which was definitely needed in the field. It is about time we have a how-to handbook for achieving professional growth and mastery of the various skills we are expected to master. Advisors and advisees now have a reliable source that I wish I had had when I was in school. Strongly recommended and a must-have, must-read, for everyone in the field.
Rating
4 Stars! from Doody
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