Case Study: Decatur Staleys

Back in 1921, a man by the name of Decatur Staleys moved his professional football team to Chicago, Illinois. Although Staleys didn’t know it yet, this move would affect the professional sports league in two significant ways. First, it expanded the market for professional sports to cities on the west coast in states like California, and Washington. Second, the relocation also altered the relationship between sports franchise and their communities.

Staleys originally moved his team not because of a lack support from the team’s fan base or city, but rather in hopes of increasing the team 's finances. In other words, Decatur simply moved his team to make more money. Ninety-six years later, the owners are still moving their teams around in search

In other words, the U.S. does not have comprehensive governing bodies whose authority extends from amateur to the higher levels of a given sport. This means that the only way a North American city can host a major league sports team is by league extension, forming/joining a rival opponent league, or buying an existing league franchise and relocating it. Whatever the case may be, team expansion can only be formed in cities that will provide economic

Moving is usually rather a daunting step which can bring feelings of insecurity and uneasiness, often times followed by fear of the unknown. Make sense right? Every person reacts differently when subjected to a sudden change: some athletes, for instance, and their families try desperately to hold on to their past. While others, develop the exact opposite strategy to get back on track and move forward.

When it comes to athletes moving to a new city with their loved ones, their main concern might be to try and keep their routine as normal as possible. To put it a different way, moving to a big city alone with your family is definitely a unique experience and it’s entirely up to the family to benefit from the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This, however, is easier said than done.

The fact of the matter is, athletes aren’t the only ones who struggle from relocating to new cities. Children are forced to relocate schools, wives are faced with a hard decision of either staying, or quitting their job and starting all over. Most importantly, the family risk the chance of breaking up if neither parent tries to come to some sort of