PROFESSIONAL SPORT BRINGS AN unparalleled and immediate accountability. A player can make a mistake and lose his place in a team for weeks. A coach can lose a run of games — or simply fail to win a trophy — and find himself out of work in an instant. But what about the people who run sports themselves?
Across the country, there are sports administrators and executives doing a great deal for little reward and few thanks. Thousands struggle to keep afloat small clubs and the leagues in which they compete. Sports stars,
