The Internationalization of European Sports Teams and the Issue of National Citizenship

Download or read book The Internationalization of European Sports Teams and the Issue of National Citizenship written by Heike C. Alberts and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the growth of foreign participation in European sports and presents methods to analyze the movement of foreign athletes to Europe and dealing with the controversy surrounding the increasing, and sometimes dominant, role of foreign athletes in European team sports: That foreign competition limits the opportunities to develop domestic talent; limits placed on local talent reduces the competitiveness of their national teams; use of foreign players reduces local fan interest.