In a small, sterile meeting room on the second floor of the Marriott Rivercenter, directly across the street from the Marriott Riverwalk, Cory Schwartz sat hunched over his laptop computer. A small, wiry point man on the NBA's new World ...
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.
Criticizes modern professional basketball, arguing it is threatened by scandals, and suggests top players have been corrupted by their huge salaries
"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.
Incredibly, the legacy of one-time hockey czar Alan Eagleson still poisons professional hockey. The generation of players that "the Eagle" systematically abused, misled, and defrauded continues to take its revenge...
The New NBA is a showcase for big men & bigger money. This definitive work exposes a sport threatened by crisis & scandal.
One thing was clear: the only real loser was the fan. Money Players is a bare-knuckled brawl of a book about how the real game has been played behind closed doors between rich executives and agents.