The author wishes to note the following:

The Journal of Urban Affairs for permission to reproduce data from his previously pub-
lished work co-authored with Michael Przybylski, David Swindell, and Dan Mullins (Ta-
bles 5-3 and 5-4, and Figures 5-1 through 5-5 ).

Thanks is also expressed to the American Society of Public Administration for permission
to reproduce data from the author's previously published work with David Swindell that
appeared in the Public Administration Review ( Tables 9-1 through 9-6 )

Tables 7-1, 7-2, and 7-4 are from Mark S. Rosentraub and Sam Nunn "Sports Wars: Sub-
urbs and Center Cities in a Zero Sum Game", which appeared in the Journal of Sport and
Social Issues 21, no. 1, ( 1997) and appears here with the permission of Sage Publications.
Copyright © 1999 by Mark S. Rosentraub

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Rosentraub, Mark S., 1950-
Major league losers: the real cost of sports and who's paying for it/by Mark S. Rosen-
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Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 0-465-07143-0
1. Sports -- Economic aspects -- United States. 2. Sports teams -- United States --
Costs. 3. Sports teams -- United States -- Finance. 4. Cities and towns -- United
States -- Economic conditions. 5. Sports team owners -- United States. I. Title.

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