Course Description
Influence of constitutional state and federal laws on sport organizations and athletes.
Athena Title
Legal Issues in Sport Mgmt
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will understand the major cases and laws which influence of constitutional state and federal laws on sport organizations and athletes.
Topical Outline
- 1. What is Law?
- 2. How the Legal System Works
- 3. Reading and Briefing Legal Cases
- 4. An Introduction to Legal Research and the Academic Universe Database
- 5. Collegiate Sport and the NCAA
- 6. Olympic and International Sport
- 7. Women and Sport
- 8. Introduction to Contracts
- 9. Sports Agents and Contracts
- 10. Labor and Antitrust
- 11. Introduction to Torts
- 12. Intentional Torts
- 13. Introduction to Negligence
- 14. Business of Sport: Professional Leagues and Relocation
- 15. Business of Sport: Commissioners and Power
- 16. Business of Sport: Intellectual Property Rights
- 17. Criminal Law
- 18. Gambling
- 19. Racial Discrimination and the First Amendment
- 20. ADA/Rehabilitation Act
- 21. Drug Testing
Syllabus
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