Sports Law

• Semester: Fall 2019
• Course ID: 279M
• Credit Hours: 2
• Unique: 28140

Description

This ourse will cover various legal and business aspects of professional sports, the Olympics and amateur sports (i.e., intercollegiate athletics).   Although we will focus primarily on domestic sports organizations, prominent international sports entities will be covered as well.  Business and legal topics covered include league ownership and structure, antitrust law, labor law and collective bargaining, torts, contracts, agency, media issues and intellectual property, NCAA and conference alignment, and gender equity (Title IX). Class lecture and discussion may include speakers from the sports industry.   Sports legal issues that then-currently in the news will be examined in class as well.   A general knowledge of sports is recommended but not required.