Criticizes modern professional basketball, arguing it is threatened by scandals, and suggests top players have been corrupted by their huge salaries
Sporting News senior writer Mike DeCourcy says of "Money Players": "There is so much wisdom in this book it should be handed to every major college basketball or football player in exchange for signing a letter of intent.
Traces the single-generation transformation of sports from a cottage industry to a global business, reflecting on how elite athletes, agents, TV executives, coaches, owners, and athletes who once had to take second jobs worked together to ...
"Money Players" is a bare-knuckles brawl of a book about the way the real game is played -- the game that goes on behind doors behind rich execs and greedy agents -- and even greedier players.
There are few as qualified to write about pool action as Jay. He has always been right on the money with everything he has accomplished and this book isn't any different.
The New NBA is a showcase for big men & bigger money. This definitive work exposes a sport threatened by crisis & scandal.
”Take Blanton with 24 and McCurdy with 26." ”Swisher and Blanton and McCurdy," says Erik "This is unfair." He clicks the button on the speakerphone, and his voice shaking like a man calling in to say he holds the winning Lotto ticket, ...
This book is a series of three books in one. Book One covers the money field and its structure, rules, and players.
But with this book as your guide, you'll gain a firm understanding of how you can overcome these challenges and effectively manage large portfolios in the process.
The Money Field is a field upon which the game of money is played. Everyone who handles money is a player. This book introduces you to the field of play, the rules, the tricks and strategies, as well as other players on the field.
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