If you’re unfamiliar with the writings of SFC board member Dave Zirin, familiarize yourself asap! Dave may be the most important sportswriter in America. He is the first sports correspondent in the history of the Nation magazine and has his own radio show Edge of Sports on XM radio. You learn more at his blog EdgeofSports.com.

Not only are Dave’s books important — they are a blast to read. His latest — Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games We Love — sets its sights on some of the worst owners in professional sports and endlessly entertains. As Scoop Jackson wrote: “Bad Sports is the book that all owners, general managers, presidents and CEO’s of professional sports franchises prayed would never be written.”

Sports Fans Coalition wants all our members to read Zirin’s book because it so unapologetically addresses all of the issues that SFC stands for. (And, no, Dave had nothing to do with this idea.) Consider it the first SFC Book Club selection.

And here’s how you can get a free copy…

If you get ten of your friends to join Sports Fans Coalition, we’ll ship you a free copy.

Simply send an email to your friends linking to SFC’s page and insist that they join. So that we can verify your friends, you can either 1) CC: us on the same email 2) send us a copy of the list of emails you sent yours to or 3) send us a screengrab of the email with the addresses.

As your friends sign up, we will count them toward your list of 10. After 10, we’ll send you a copy. Just think, you could send an email out to all your friends right now and if 10 of your friends respond, we’ll ship you a copy tomorrow.

If you have a copy of Bad Sports already or would like another of Dave Zirin’s books, just tell us the title and we’ll get that one instead. Or if you want to sign up 20 or 30 or 40 people you can get one of each of Dave’s books.

So, fire off an email to your friends telling them to join us — it’s free! — and send your lists (and mailing address) to books@sportsfans.org.