By Winfree, Jason A.; Fort, Rodney D
Each bankruptcy takes aside a standard false impression, displaying how the assumptions at the back of it fail so as to add up. citadel and Winfree demonstrate how those myths perpetuate themselves and, eventually, how they serve a handful of strong parties—such as franchise vendors, newshounds, and players—at the rate of the bigger group of activities lovers. From the concept crew proprietors and bosses are inept to the inspiration that revenue-generating university activities pay for athletics that do not allure enthusiasts (and their cash), 15 activities Myths and Why they're Wrong strips down pervasive debts of the way our favourite video games functionality, permitting us to examine them in a brand new, extra educated way.
Fort and Winfree argue that substituting the intuitive attraction of emotionally charged myths with rigorous, proficient motives weakens the ability of those tall stories and their tight carry at the activities we adore. Readers will emerge with a clearer photo of the forces at paintings in the activities international and a greater knowing of why those myths matter—and are helpful of a takedown.
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The following from the last section are consistent with actual process observation but not with the arms race explanation: . There need be no presumption that ADs are involved in a non cooperative game. . There need be no presumption that UAs and ADs are naive. . There need be no presumption that ADs act completely independently. From this section, the principal-agent model suggests two things that are also inconsistent with the arms race explanation: . The value of the AD’s efforts will be found in places other than the athletic department bottom line.
And it is true that Penn State has been one of those miraculous few programs in which football and men’s basketball can pay for the entire athletic program. But the logic works for only a handful of programs, such as Penn State, so it cannot be supported in any general context. Furthermore, even though Penn State is unique in that football and men’s basketball could pay for the other sports, we should think about what would actually happen if there were no football at Penn State. Surely a portion of the money spent by students, donors, and fans would then be spent on other sports at Penn State.
The following from the last section are consistent with actual process observation but not with the arms race explanation: . There need be no presumption that ADs are involved in a non cooperative game. . There need be no presumption that UAs and ADs are naive. . There need be no presumption that ADs act completely independently. From this section, the principal-agent model suggests two things that are also inconsistent with the arms race explanation: . The value of the AD’s efforts will be found in places other than the athletic department bottom line.