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In this dissertation, I investigate the role of the Atlanta Braves’ new baseball stadium and surrounding development within the emerging context of team-driven mixed-use urban development. Conceived as a replacement for the 20-year-old...
In this dissertation, I examine how a particular mode of thinking has come about—that is, how an increasingly number of sport management scholars have conceived of sport-based inter-/trans-actions as "consumption" and those who engage...
In 1951, the Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) code of ethics included a passage describing the necessity for a professional golfer to uphold the sport of golf above material gains in order to serve the game, fellow golfers, the...
As the number of international college students has increased dramatically since the 2000s (U.S. Mission Nigeria, 2018), depressive symptoms among this group have become a crucial issue in the United States. Notably, it is widely...
The mega-event, or large-scale mass event, has held an enduring level of popular and political support in modern society since their creation in the late 19th century. In the current period of intense globalization, the importance placed...
Amateurism, Player Compensation, and College Sports an Analysis of the Perceived Effects of a Free Market Model on the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Three Stakeholders of Division I Athletics
The debate about student-athlete compensation in college athletics has received increased media attention in the past decade. As many parties continue to call for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (the NCAA) to reform its...
As a central component of the sports industry, athletes are now playing roles far beyond what they do on the field of play, including making contributions to society as philanthropists. Many professional athletes from around the world...
Sport management researchers have not studied sport markets, despite their importance to the discipline. In this dissertation, I report on two ethnographic case studies where I worked with new sport organizations to design and conduct...
Daily fantasy sports games have recently emerged as one of the fastest growing segments associated with the sports industry. While traditional fantasy sports have long been associated with sport consumption, daily fantasy sports allow...
Given the impressive growth and soaring popularity of watching live sporting events, sport organizations continue to search for ways to maintain or even improve this trend. Indeed, one significant and increasingly advocated approach-...
In this paper I explore the possibilities of community through sport in the context of soccer in Kansas City. Drawing from the conceptualizations of community in Esposito’s oeuvre and utilizing the ontological framework of Deleuze and...
The amateurism principle in intercollegiate athletics has become an increasingly popular topic in discussions of sport and equality since its inception in the mid-twentieth century. As the profitability of the collegiate-sport product...
Billions of people have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic since we initially became aware of its existence in December 2019. Studies have been done since the emergence of the COVID-19 virus to assess its effect on people (e.g., Duan...
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