Biography of Andrew Zimbalist Dr. Zimbalist has published nineteen books and several dozen articles primarily in economic development and sports economics. In September 1992, Dr. Zimbalist published his widely-acclaimed Baseball and Billions: A Probing Look Inside the Big Business of Our National Pastime. Business Week listed Baseball and Billions as one of the top eight business books of 1992. In 1997, Dr. Zimbalist published Sports, Jobs and Taxes: The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums, which he co-edited and co-authored with Roger Noll. The Wall Street Journal called Sports, Jobs and Taxes “must reading for people living in or around any city still targeted for stadium-building….” Dr. Zimbalist published Unpaid Professionals: Commercialization and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports in 1999. The New York Times wrote “In remarkably clear and clear-eyed prose . . . Zimbalist follows the money instead of the ball in the emotion-charged world of college sports.” The Washington Post Book World wrote: “Zimbalist got game. This book … is a solid analysis of a segment of American life that Zimbalist claims is in dire need of reform. Zimbalist’s wry sense of humor is evident throughout.” Dr. Zimbalist’s book, National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer, co-authored with Stefan Szymanski, was published in April 2005. "Baseball is America's national pastime, but soccer is the world's sporting passion. Whether you prefer Beckham or Bonds, the Boston Red Sox or Manchester United, you will be enlightened by this examination of the similarities and differences as seen by two of the sharpest minds in the field of sports business." - Bob Costas, NBC and HBO Sports. Dr. Zimbalist’s latest book is The Bottom Line: Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business. Dr. Zimbalist has served as a consultant in many sports related litigations including the NFL Players' Association to obtain free agency rights, the Billy Martin case, to the Major League Baseball Players' Association in collective bargaining, to the Connecticut Democratic Party in evaluating the economics of a proposal to build a new civic center, to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in drafting a bill for partially lifting baseball’s antitrust exemption as it applies to labor relations, to the Los Angeles Mayor’s office in an arena financing matter, to the National Basketball Players’ Association in collective bargaining, and many, many more. He was selected as one of America’s Top 100 Most Influential Sports Educators by the Institute for International Sport. Before Dr. Zimbalist’s extensive involvement with sports economics, he focused on Cuba and testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on the economic effects of U.S. policy toward Cuba. Dr. Zimbalist has consulted extensively in Latin America. |