The contemporary National Football League (NFL) now sits atop the zenith of American sport business, with unmatched economic growth and popularity. Its success can be measured in terms
of revenues, in high television ratings, and in live attendance for its games each week. This dissertation looks into the extent to which the NFL's success--in maintaining a marketable brand
image and spectacular corporeal commodity form--is attributable to its distinctive three-pronged system of player governance and punishment: mechanisms for the adjudication of off-field
player behavior; mechanisms for the adjudication of on-field player behavior; and mechanisms for the adjudication of player use of proscribed substances. This study will incorporate juridical
policy analysis to understand the mechanisms through which such punishment is enacted and enforced, and Foucauldian discourse analysis to disciplinary power imbedded within, and activated by,
popular governance rhetoric. It is concluded herein that the NFL's success is attributed to a paradox of liberal economic governance--cartel-structured laissez-faire economic relations--and
authoritarian governance of labor activity (on and off the field). / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Sport Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Fall Semester, 2014. / November 10, 2014. / collective bargaining agreement, discipline, National Football League, policy, risk, spectacle / Includes bibliographical references. / Joshua I. Newman, Professor Directing Dissertation; Michael D. Giardina, Committee Member; Ryan M. Rodenberg, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_253404 |
| Contributors | Lovich, Justin M. (authoraut), Newman, Joshua I., 1976- (professor directing dissertation), Chiricos, Theodore G. (Theodore George), 1942- (university representative), Giardina, Michael D., 1976- (committee member), Rodenberg, Ryan M. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Education (degree granting college), Department of Sport Management (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (326 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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