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This text targets undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Business Law, Legal Environment of Business, and Sports Law courses, as well as lay persons interested in learning more about the subject of sports and the law in contemporary society. It introduces the basic legal principles surrounding the subject of the sports business. Includes many contemporary examples such as Alan Eagleson, Latrell Sprewell, Casey Martin, etc.

• Begins by providing a basic introduction to sports law issues involving intercollegiate sports as “regulated” by the NCAA. Pg.___

• Offers an analysis of key disputes focusing on eligibility, opportunity to participate and drug testing at the Olympic, amateur, and professional level. Pg.___

  • Accounts Casey Martin's ADA battle with the PGA. Pg.___

  • Examines the Olympic Arbitration Panel's decision to re-instate the Canadian snowboarder's gold medal after testing positive twice for marijuana use. Pg.___

• Considers the tidal wave of changes in the landscape of sports competition for women brought on by Title IX. Pg.___

  • Devotes an entire chapter exclusively to women's sports. Pg.___

• Provides a detailed look at the relationship between antitrust and labor laws, highlighting the latest collective bargaining agreements in the major team sports—salary caps, college drafts, free agency, etc. Pg.___

• Discusses the role of player agents who negotiate everything from player contracts to “tell-all” books. Pg.___

• Covers the extra-hard hits on the playing field and boorish behavior by players that has led to an explosion in tort litigation. Pg.___

• Chronicles Al Davis' years of litigation against the NFL in coverage of the business side of professional sports teams. Pg.___

• Considers the difficult societal issues of race, violence and athletes as role models. Pg.___

• Examines broadcasting's transformation of sports into a commodity, which marketers and owners try to cultivate into capital by licensing products and selling commercial time and space. Pg.___

• Outlines the rules of sport as established by Congress, the NCAA and the International Olympic Committee. Pg.___

• Discusses the legal aspects of collective bargaining agreements, recruiting student-athletes, complying with Title IX, avoiding antitrust charges, licensing team logos, compensating injured players, saving franchises and stopping domestic violence by athletes. Pg.___

• Profiles the league commissioners, sports arbitrators, judges, athletic directors, coaches, and collegiate administrators who serve as the “officials” of the law of sports. Pg.___

• Explores the public's growing fascination with legal disputes that arise on the playing field, outside the arena, and in the boardrooms of team owners. Pg.___

• Lists the URLs of websites that explore sports law issues after each chapter. Pg.___

• Provides a valuable appendix that presents several relevant documents related to chapter materials, including a sample NCAA drug testing form, excerpts from the Amateur Sports Act and The Olympic Charter, a sports waiver document, an NFL player contract, a state statute governing agent conduct, and a list of the major college sports management and sports administration programs. Pg.___

1. The National Collegiate Athletic Association.


2. Global Amateur Sports.


3. Women's Sports.


4. Labor and Anti-Trust Issues in Professional Sports.


5. Player Agents.


6. Torts and Sports.


7. The Business of Sports: Leagues, Teams, Relocations and Building Stadiums.


8. Criminal, Racial and Social Issues.


Appendixes.


Index.

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