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n it becomes obvious that to a significant extent they used similar methods in their work and their relation to people though some not less significant differences may be found as well. Furthermore, the fields where Constantine and Tony La Russa worked do not add arguments to compare and contrast these two outstanding people of their times.
Nonetheless it is possible to say that to a certain extent sport and big politic are similar to one another and the methods that are used in politics may be successfully applied in sport as well and vice versa.
However, it should be said that researchers possess much more wider range of views on Constantine, his personality and deeds, than on Tony La Russa’s ones. The main reason is that when Constantine I is discussed it is possible to use both primary and secondary sources and thus, it is possible to view his politics, his personality in retrospection. In such a way a modern researcher have more tools to define his role in history while the only sources about Tony La Russa are works of his contemporaries this is why it is practically impossible to fully appreciate his contribution into the development of sport and sport management in the US and probably in the world at large.
Nonetheless, some conclusions may be made even now since the contribution of Tony La Russa into the development of baseball and sport at large are obvious and his managerial talent is well known. So, comparing Constantine I and Tony La Russa it would be better to compare their deeds since nothing describes a person better than a person’s deeds. In fact some similarities between Constantine I and Tony La Russa may be found when the career of the latter as a sportsman is discussed. It is a well-known fact that he was seriously injured and the injury disturbed him till the end of his career but it has never stopped him. It reveals his boldness and ability to overcome difficulties and the same traits may be found in the character of Constantine I, especially when he introduced Christianity as the main religion of Roman Empire. Obviously, introduction of Christianity met a strong opposition, but Constantine I ignored it and realized his plans regardless all the problems he faced.

The further development of Tony La Russa career as a manager soon revealed his difference from Constantine I. Despite the fact that Tony La Russa received a Juris Doctor degree he never entered the legal profession while Constantine, being a ruler, an emperor of the most powerful country at the time could not fail to develop his legal and legislative activities. Moreover he introduced a number of legislative innovations that have already been described above. Unlike Constantine, Tony La Russa estimated: “I decided I’d rather ride the buses in the Minor League than practice law for a living” (Will 2004:105).
On the other hand this fact from the biography of Tony La Russa may be treated as a trend that reveals the fact that he did not like radical changes in his life and in his surrounding that was absolutely untypical for Constantine who, despite his name, which symbolizes constancy, introduced radical changes quite readily and in first turn it concerns his religious views which he changed so often and eventually stopped upon Christianity.
On the other hand, it is impossible to say that Tony La Russa is a man who has permanent interest, or more precisely who is fully devoted to one organization. He often cha