Front Office Fantasies : The Rise of Managerial Sports Media / Branden Buehler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buehler, Branden, 1986- author.

Series:

Studies in sports media.

Studies in Sports Media Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and sports--United States.

Mass media and sports.

Television broadcasting of sports--United States.

Television broadcasting of sports.

Sports administration--Social aspects--United States.

Sports administration.

Sports administration--Economic aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Front office executives have become high-profile commentators, movie and video game protagonists, and role models for a generation raised in the data-driven, financialized world of contemporary sports. Branden Buehler examines the media transformation of these once obscure management figures into esteemed experts and sporting idols. Moving from Moneyball and Football Manager to coverage of analytics gurus like Daryl Morey, Buehler shows how a fixation on managerial moves has taken hold across the entire sports media landscape. Buehler's chapter-by-chapter look at specific media forms illustrates different facets of the managerial craze while analyzing the related effects on what fans see, hear, and play. Throughout, Buehler explores the unsettling implications of exalting the management class and its logics, in the process arguing that sports media's managerial lionization serves as one of the clearest reflections of major material and ideological changes taking place across culture and society. Insightful and timely, Front Office Fantasies reveals how sports media moved the action from the field to the executive suite"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface: Sporting Fantasies Acknowledgments Introduction: "The Age of the General Manager" The Managerial American Dream: The Administrative Fantasies of Managerial Sports Films "He's looking like a depressed asset": The Financial Logics of Managerial Sports Talk Datavisuality: The Quantified Aesthetic of Managerial Sports Television White-Collar Play: Managerial Sports Games and the Modeling of Neoliberal Capitalism Conclusion: The Banality of Managerial Sports Media Notes Bibliography Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Buehler, Branden Front Office Fantasies

ISBN:

9780252055287

0252055284

OCLC:

1419871201