Workshop: Legal and Business Issues in Collegiate Athletics

Catalog description

A practical workshop applying the legal doctrines and theories covered in Amateur Sports Law to current legal and business issues affecting the regulation and governance of intercollegiate athletics. Topics covered and practical skills developed may relate to antitrust, contractual and other legal challenges to eligibility and amateurism rules; the history of collegiate athletics scandals and reform; rules violations, and legal challenges to penalties and appeals; student athlete contractual and employment rights; the NCAA's Legislative Services Database (LSDBi) and enforcement of NCAA rules (including proceedings before Committee on Infractions and Infractions Appeals Committee); the student athlete's legal relationship with the NCAA and the university; conference realignment and legal challenges to university, conference, and NCAA authority; university and NCAA duty to educate, academic progress and graduation rates; university and NCAA liability for student athlete harm; legal rights of former student-athletes (e.g., exploitation of right of publicity); the economics of collegiate athletics; and critiques of the collegiate model of athletics.