October 13, 2000

Scholars Call a Foul on Pro Sports Leagues

By D.W. MILLER

Fans and taxpayers are the real losers, they say

Back in the heyday of Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra, detractors said that rooting for the Yankees was like rooting for U.S. Steel. Nowadays, a more apt comparison might be Microsoft or Citibank.

Flush with high ticket revenues and lucrative television contracts, the Yankees can afford baseball's first $112-million payroll -- nearly nine times that of the hapless Minnesota Twins -- and still make a profit.

For most fans of

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