Should Public Money be Used to Subsidize Professional Sports and Sporting Venues?
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This 10 page report discusses the fact that both individuals and city governments who are eager to have a professional sports franchise located in their city list numerous reasons why public dollars should be spent to entice a team to come to town or stay in town -- increased employment opportunities, greater revenue for the city, quality of life considerations for locals, and, of course, civic pride. But the question is whether or not tax dollars should be used to entice teams to locate in a city, build the arena necessary to house the team, or upgrade an arena or park because the team threatens to move elsewhere unless the city does so. In a sense, once the city gets its franchise it is held hostage by it. This paper looks at several sides of the issue. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: BWpubspo.rtf

Soccer Team Management
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A 9 page paper consisting of speaker notes and text contents of an accompanying PowerPoint® presentation of a research proposal. The paper proposes investigating why attendance has declined at local matches of the Cheshire Football Club and includes a sample questionnaire as an appendix. Slide presentation available. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: KSsptsSocMgmt.rtf

Spectator Safety
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This 21 page paper provides an overview of the issue of spectator safety at sports grounds and argues that spectator safety cannot be ensured by the application of the law. Instead, this paper argues that spectator safety can only be guaranteed by the adoption of a societal safety culture and utilizes legal and theoretical perspectives to support this view. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHSporSa.wps