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Oct04

  • Closure of Jaguar F1 team looms large.

  • Watching rugger from the comfort of your own room - Marriott agrees to new hotel at Twickenham.

  • Jesse Itzler serves as unofficial NBA rapper.

  • So, is that the end of the Madrid ball girls?

  • The Observer starts a series of articles examining the current state of English football's Premier League....a good example of
    post-commercialisation or post-post-commercialisation?

  • Soccer or football? Unviable American football team set for closure in Scottish soccer heartland.

  • American football in Europe: success or failure?

  • Sport or commerce? Australian cricketers make an interesting choice.

  • The row rumbles on over Madrid 'ball girls'. Find out more here and here.

  • Trivialising, sexist or commercially legitimate? Tennis tournament 'ball girls' cause controversy.

  • The Greeks set to conquer the world of rugby? Developing sport in new markets.

  • Numerous management challenges face the new Chief Executive of English cricket: 1 and 2

  • Dubai becomes the largest developer of golf courses in the world.

  • For an example of a post-commercialised sport organisation, visit Manchester United's Financial Services website.

  • SOSOL carries a further study of the commercialisation of sport.

  • There is an interesting John Hudson article online which shows the problems which arise with the commercialisation of soccer in the UK, and suggests some solutions.

    • REFERENCE MATERIAL
      SOSOL carries a further study of the commercialisation of sport.
      There is an interesting John Hudson article online which shows the problems which arise with the commercialisation of soccer in the UK, and suggests some solutions.
      Check out the Athens Olympics website for details on their commercial development around sponsorship and television rights.
      The Museum of Rugby has a chronology of the (mainly Union) game, and the Rugby League Hall of Fame has a detailed accoubt of the 'Great Split' of 1895.