Players must wield their power wisely as relationship between professional sports and TV deals fades

The money-spinning relationship between professional sports and TV deals may be on its last legs, warns the author of a new book.

Wall Street Journal reporter Matthew Futterman’s Players: The Story of Sports and Money, and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution asks some tough questions about money and sports.

“I wanted to write a book about the creation of the modern sports world,” says Futterman.