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Author Mendelsohn, Joshua, author.

Title The cap : how Larry Fleisher and David Stern built the modern NBA / Joshua Mendelsohn
Published Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 353 pages)
Contents No final victories -- Pleasantries and unpleasantries, July 1982 -- Survivors, August 1982 -- That brave group of guys who said "fuck you", January 1964 -- Larry -- The sport of the 70s -- The cap, 1979-1980 -- The right of first refusal, Summer 1981 -- David -- The Moses signing, September 1982 -- The Big Item, October 1982 -- Strike date, January 1983 -- War, February 1983 -- Unbounded pessimism and cautious optimism, March 1983 -- Peace, April 1983
Summary The Cap brings the economic history of professional basketball to life by going behind the scenes to tell the story of the deal between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association that created the salary cap in 1983, the first in all of sports
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Fleisher, Larry
Stern, David, 1942-
O'Brien, Lawrence F
SUBJECT Stern, David, 1942- fast
O'Brien, Lawrence F. fast
Subject National Basketball Association -- Management
National Basketball Association -- History
National Basketball Players Association.
SUBJECT National Basketball Players Association fast
National Basketball Association fast
Subject Basketball -- Economic aspects -- United States
Collective bargaining -- Sports -- United States -- Case studies
Collective bargaining -- Sports
Basketball -- Economic aspects
Management
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781496223869
1496223861
9781496223845
1496223845