The Economics of Sport and Recreation provides a much needed and up-to-date
analysis of sport's contribution to the global economy. This new edition covers
all aspects of the economics of sport and recreation but gives prominence to the
staggering rise of the commercial sector over the last decade. Special attention
is paid to the economics of the sports goods industry, the economics of sports
sponsorship, the economics of major sports events, the economics of professional
team sports, and the economic relationship between sport and broadcasting.
In the first edition of this book published in 1985, the emphasis was on the
government and voluntary sectors as the lead