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Tables of Contents for Football in the Digital Age
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
9
4
Johan Cruyff
Preface and acknowledgements
13
4
Whose game is it anyway?
17
11
Sean Hamil
Jonathan Michie
Christine Oughton
Steven Warby
PART I ANOTHER FINE MESS
Football finances: too much money?
28
8
Gerry Boon
Reforming football's boardrooms
36
11
Tom Cannon
Sean Hamil
The players' perspective
47
8
Gordon Taylor
Why football needs a regulator
55
9
Rogan Taylor
PART II IMPLICATIONS OF THE BSKYB/MANCHESTER UNITED CASE
The attempted takeover of Manchester United by BSkyB
64
7
Peter Crowther
The MMC's inquiry into BSkyB's merger with Manchester United plc
71
10
Nicholas Finney
Sneaking in through the back door? Media company interests and dual ownership of clubs
81
13
Adam Brown
PART III THE NEW COMMERCIALISM AND PLCS
The changing face of football: a case for national regulation?
94
13
John Williams
Tomorrow's football club: an inclusive approach to governance
107
5
Mark Goyder
Football, fans and fat cats: whose football club is it anyway?
112
8
Kevin Jaquiss
PART IV INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
International developments and European clubs
120
4
Andy Walsh
Sport and the law: the influence of European Union competition policy on the traditional league structures of European football
124
5
Alasdair Bell
Commercialisation and fan participation in Germany
129
7
Stuart Dykes
The struggle for democracy at FC Barcelona and the case for a European independent regulator of professional football
136
6
L'Elefant Blau
PART V FINANCING AND ACCOUNTING FOR CLUBS
The financial performance of football stocks
142
2
Nigel Hawkins
Playing in a different league
144
7
Tony Dart
Football club balance-sheets: fact or fantasy?
151
9
Lee Manning
Business management issues
160
10
Robert Matusiewicz
Achieving best practice
170
6
Stephen Morrow
PART VI THE RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES COURT CASE AND LEAGUE BALANCE
The Restrictive Practices Court case, broadcasting revenues and league balance
176
4
Peter Sloane
Football rights and competition in broadcasting
180
11
Martin Cave
Hearts, minds and the Restrictive Practices Court case
191
14
Stefan Szymanski
The Restrictive Practices Court case: implications for the Football League
205
9
Richard Scudamore
PART VII NURTURING THE GRASS-ROOTS: LOCAL CLUBS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Partners for progress
214
6
Tom Pendry MP
Kick Racism out of Football
220
5
Piara Power
The future of football: safe in whose hands?
225
5
Tony Clarke MP
The Football Task Force and the grass-roots
230
4
Chris Heinitz
PART VIII THE FOOTBALL TASK FORCE
The Task Force and the future regulation of football
234
6
Andy Burnham
Facing football's future: the Task Force and beyond
240
4
Nic Coward
The Football Task Force: a Premier League view
244
4
Mike Lee
The Football Task Force and the `regulator debate'
248
16
Adam Brown
PART IX DO WE NEED AN OFFOOT?
Why football needs an independent regulator
264
5
Gerry Sutcliffe MP
Uniting the fans
269
4
Alison Pilling
Self-regulation or regulation?
273
4
Brian Lomax
Notes on the contributors
277
2
Notes
279
5
Index
284