Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Baseball, MLB, Money, Economics, Revenue sharing
Subjects
Major League Baseball (Organization); Money; Economics; Revenue sharing
Introduction
It was the late Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen of Illinois who once said, "a billion here, a billion there, pretty soon were talking about real money." This quaint observation came to mind over the past few days in baseball as it was "a few million here, a few million there." One wonders if we are now talking about real money.
Publication Date
12-13-2000
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Money and Baseball: The Salaries Keep Rising" (2000). On Sport and Society. 181.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/181
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