首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
America’s more capitalist sports fans commonly acknowledge that their country’s most popular sports, like the National Football
America’s more capitalist sports fans commonly acknowledge that their country’s most popular sports, like the National Football
admin
2020-01-11
69
问题
America’s more capitalist sports fans commonly acknowledge that their country’s most popular sports, like the National Football League and the National Basketball Association, have several rules that would please a Scandinavian social democrat. Salary caps and luxury taxes limit how much each team can spend on players, punish those that over-spend, and close the gap between rich and poor teams. In both sports, the top draft picks typically go to the worst-performing squads from the previous year. Revenue sharing redistributes wealth among the rich and poor teams. Overall, success is punished by design, misfortune is rewarded by design, and the power of wealth is
circumscribed
with spending caps.
It’s a different story across the Atlantic, where many European soccer leagues have practices that would please an American conservative. There are few salary-cap rules, so a handful of rich teams tend to dominate annually. When a soccer team performs poorly, it is not rewarded with a high draft pick. Instead, the club is
relegated
to a less competitive league, a mighty blow to their revenue. Meanwhile the most successful teams from lower divisions are promoted to more competitive leagues where they can earn even more money.
For years, economists have wondered why America doesn’t share Europe’s socialist approach to government. But maybe it’s worth flipping the question: Why don’t European sports share U.S.-style socialism? Why do European soccer leagues punish the downtrodden, while American sports are so soft on losers?
In their famous 2001 paper, "Why Doesn’t The U.S. Have A European-Style Welfare State?" the economists Alberto Alesina, Edward Glaeser, and Bruce Sacerdote pointed out that public policies are an echo of national history. For example, in the U.S., the legacy of the 19th century’s "open frontier" made Americans skeptical of government intrusion, while the absence of an influential socialist party after World War II made it difficult for leftist policies to take root.
By analogy, perhaps, one could look to history to see the origin of Europe’s surprisingly free-market approach to sports. The rules of today’s English Premier League can be traced to the late 19th century, when English soccer was in a period of rapid growth, with hundreds of English and Welsh clubs forming in several decades. Owners, players, and fans all recognized that the helter-skelter scheduling made it harder for people to plan their lives around soccer. In 1888, 12 teams banded together to form England’s first Football League. This provided a modicum of structure to the beautiful game, such as set schedules and guaranteed home games. In its original rules, the worst teams in the league had to apply for "reelection" to remain. Otherwise, one of England’s hundreds of other soccer teams could take their place. As the League grew in size and number of divisions, reelection evolved into a system of promotion and relegation — a model that has
taken hold
in soccer leagues in Europe and around the world.
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraph 1?
选项
A、Teams that are over-spending will not be punished by two leagues.
B、The National Football League and the National Basketball Association have some rules to narrow the gap between the rich and poor teams.
C、Some top players will be picked to go to the best-performing team from the previous year.
D、Revenue sharing shares out wealth among the poor teams.
答案
B
解析
本题根据第1段提问。第二句的意思是:工资上限和奢侈税限制了各支球队在球员身上的开销,超支会受到处罚,豪门和穷队之间的差距因此得以缩小。因此,A项错误。第三句表示:选秀状元一般都会去前一年战绩最差的球队。因此,C项错误。第四句表示:收入分享制度将财富在豪门和穷队之间重新分配。因此,D项错误。设置工资上限和奢侈税是国家橄榄球联盟和国家篮球协会的规定。答案为B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/4dwO777K
本试题收录于:
CATTI三级笔译综合能力题库翻译专业资格(CATTI)分类
0
CATTI三级笔译综合能力
翻译专业资格(CATTI)
相关试题推荐
Plantscanprovidefood,shelter,clothing,ormedicine.Whatisonekindofplantthatisimportanttoyouorthepeopleinyou
Filmscantellusalotaboutthecountrywheretheyweremade.Whathaveyoulearnedaboutacountryfromwatchingitsmovies?
Whatdoestheprofessormeanbythefollowingstatement:Althoughhewrotemanyshortstories,itwasapoem,’TheRaven,"that
"SocialReadjustmentScales"HolmesandRahedevelopedtheSocialReadjustmentRatingScale(SRRS)tomeasurelifechangeas
RemovingDamsP1:Inthelastcentury,manyofthedamsintheUnitedStateswerebuiltforwaterdiversion,agriculture,factor
RemovingDamsP1:Inthelastcentury,manyofthedamsintheUnitedStateswerebuiltforwaterdiversion,agriculture,factor
Thetasksofpreparingprojectbudgetsandmarketingplanscanhavedisastrouseffectsontheprogram______donewell.
TrainingprogramsfortheU.S.PeaceCorpsareconductedinthecountryorregion______thevolunteerwillserve.
AwardedtheNobelPrizeforphysicsin1918,GermanphysicistMaxPlanckisbestrememberedastheoriginatorofthequantumthe
Astudyshowsthatwhilesomewomencontinuedtooutpacemeninachievements,theyceasedmakingrealprogressatthetopofan
随机试题
头晕目眩,气短乏力,脘腹坠胀,多见于头晕耳鸣,气短乏力,腰疫膝软,多见于
下列有关皮样囊肿发生的表述中,哪项是正确的
()的职能部门和人员一般是按照管理业务的性质分工,分别从事专业化管理,这就可以聘用专家,发挥他们的专长,弥补管理者的不足,且减轻管理者的负担,从而克服该形式的缺点。
安全技术措施计划根据内容的不同可分为不同的类别,下列关于安全技术措施计划分类的说法,正确的是()。
某机电安装工程项目,包括土建工程和设备安装工程两个单位工程。业主对工程发包提出两种方案:一种是采用平行发包模式,即土建工程、设备安装工程分别发包;另一种是采用总分包模式,即由土建承包商总承包,设备安装工程列入总承包范围再分包给设备安装单位。5台设备主件由业
某企业因为账目混乱,主管税务机关对其应纳所得税采取核定应纳税所得率征收办法,2010年度该企业成本费用支出额为100万元,税务机关核定的应税所得率为20%,所得税税率为25%,则该企业2010年度应缴纳的企业所得税为()万元。
下列关于商业银行操作风险的表述,错误的是()。
部分公民放假的节日及纪念日包括()。
下列各项,必须由全体合伙人共同决定的是()。
消费者权益保护法是调整消费者为生活消费需要购买、使用商品或者接受服务过程中与经营者发生的权益保护关系的法律规范的总称。()
最新回复
(
0
)