Recommended readings (Machine generated): Adler M. (1985), Stardom and Talent, American Economic Review, 75, 208-212. -- Aglietta M., W. Andreff and B. Drut (2008), Bourse et football, Revue d'Economie Politique, 118 (2), 255-296. -- Anderson D.J. and J.J. Cheslock (2004), Institutional...

The chapter first reminds the statist model of sport, its overshooting Olympic performance, and reforms before its final collapse. Moving towards a market-compatible sport system during the transformational economic crisis was not without hindrances ending up into a hybrid sports industry. All...