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Mar05

  • Andy Farrell to switch rugby code.

  • Controversy for the brothers Khan.

  • Call for tax-breaks for debt-ridden sports stars.

  • Kenyan golf fails to reach professional standards.

  • Latest Forbes 'Rich List'.

  • Sleeping giant or dead duck? Cardiff City struggles to come to terms with financial reality.

  • "Firms Make $3.5B Bid to Buy All NHL Teams".

  • A plane versus a wind tunnel – the commercial reality of Formula 1.

    • 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.