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Nov04

  • Should Premier League football clubs be allowed to ‘run the show’?

  • Football clubs meet in Dubai to talk money.

  • NBA and Alhurra agree television deal intended to promote new market entry.

  • Crazy money - has golf gone cash crazy?

  • "There's no business like sports business".

  • Magic Johnson becomes major player in world of commerce.

  • Has money caused the downfall of cycling?

  • Total Sports establishes presence in race for Asian sports market.

  • Rakuten Inc wins first Japanese baseball franchise awarded for 50 years.

  • Robert Johnson sets about building the new Charlotte Bobcats NBA team. Find out more here and here.

  • Can Canada attract and keep a Major League Soccer team?

  • NBL's haves and have nots debate the bottom line in their sport.

    • 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.