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The commercialisation of sport
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ISBN: 1135764352 1280167866 0203494261 9780203494264 1351859099 9781351859097 0714650218 9780714650210 0714680788 9780714680781 9781135764357 9781280167867 9781135764302 9781135764340 1135764344 Year: 2004 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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What does commercialisation mean for the future of sport?Modern sports links to commerce are highly visible. Stadiums and arenas bear the names of businesses, while sponsors' logos appear on athletes' clothing and equipment, on the facilities in which they play, and in the titles of the events in which they compete. Media companies pay vast sums for the rights to broadcast sports events, and advertisers pay a premium to promote products during the screening of these events. Cities invest, at the expense of other social projects, in the staging of major sports events and to attract professi

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