In Two Sports Myths and Why They're Wrong, authors Rodney Fort and
Jason Winfree apply sharp economic analysis to bust a couple of the most
widespread urban legends about professional athletics.
Exploring the claim that player salary demands increase ticket prices
and asking whether Major League Baseball should emulate the National
Football League, this quick read gives us a taste of 15 Sports Myths
and Why They're Wrong, forthcoming from Stanford University Press this
September.
Fort and Winfree take apart these common misconceptions, showing how the
assumptions behind them fail to add up. They reveal how these myths
perpetuate themselves, substituting the intuitive appeal of emotionally
charged myths with rigorous, informed explanations that weaken their
potency and loosen their grip on the sports we love.
Two Sports Myths breakdown these tall tales just in time for the MLB
All-Star Game and will leave you wondering what other myths will be on
the chopping block later this fall.