Legal Asp/Sports Management

Catalog description

This course provides students with a background and understanding of the courts and legal system in America; furthermore, it shows how the law is used by, and applied to, athletes and athletics in America. Some of the major legal problems and issues confronting the sports administrator will be presented (e.g. contracts, due process, risk management, torts and antitrust, actions against professional, college, and community programs, actions involving safety procedures and arbitration).