Optimizing the structure of elite competitions in professional sport - lessons from Rugby Union

Managing Leisure

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-60

  Morgan, Michael ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009539086     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13606710110117023     Document Type: Article

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