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#417855 in eBooks 2016-04-26 2016-04-26File Name: B010MHAGRC0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This is worth a look.By Mr. Nick A. MoschettaOne look at the salaries of professional athletes and it could be assumed that they have always earned high incomes. Matthew Futterman, with his new book Players, points out a number of developments over the last 60 years that have changed the financial nature of sport and its major participants, the players.Futterman begins his dialogue with Arnold Palmer in the 1950s when sportspeople were not compenldquo;Masterful . . . A remarkable saga . . . Filled with insights not only into sports, but also into human nature . . . Downright thrilling.rdquo; mdash;Dallas Morning News ldquo;Provocative . . . There are also terrific stories.rdquo; mdash;Louis Menand, The New Yorker ldquo;Could not be moreldquo;Provocativehellip;terrific storiesrdquo; (The New Yorker) of the people who transformed sportsmdash;in the span of a single generationmdash;from a job that required even top athletes to work in the off-season to make ends meet into a massive global business.It started, as most business deals do, with a handshake. In 1960, a Cleveland lawyer named Mark McCormack convinced a golfer named Arnold Palmer to sign with him. McCormack simply believed that the best athletes had more commercial valu...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Players: The Story of Sports and Money, and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution | .Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.