Word: durson
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...book points out time and again that network television was the major force behind the sports revolution of the sixties. Durson says TV is primarily responsible for the gigantic quantity of money being thrown around (totalling $150 million a year), and makes the difference between huge losses and modest profits for baseball franchises and football teams. He argues that "the sports world's share of this money pie put television firmly in the picture, to say nothing of firmly in the saddle, of the sports revolution of the sixties and seventies...
...Durson's book would have been more successful if he had been more critical. His subtle, sarcasm paints a clear picture of the capitalistic nature of pro sports, but he never takes sides. In forcing his reader to find the answers, he avoids the condemnation his data warrants. On his opponents' one yard line, he elects to go for a sure field goal and a tie instead of a risky...