Today's sport has develop close connection with media industry, and its connection is also tied with capital. In this circumstances media, especially television broadcasting, has turned into a entertainment business which elicit enormous amount of fin...
Today's sport has develop close connection with media industry, and its connection is also tied with capital. In this circumstances media, especially television broadcasting, has turned into a entertainment business which elicit enormous amount of financial profit. This could be clearly witnessed in such mega sport event as the Olympic Games and World Cup Soccer. This research investigates the ownership patterns of sport franchise and its expansion strategies. Then it will look into the sociocultural connotations it yields. Especially, skyrocketing broadcasting fees, explicit commodification of sports, changes in rules and equipments, gender exploitation and evading public function of sport.