Legal Issues Sports and Entertainment

Catalog description

This course aims to give the student an in-depth understanding of amateur and professional athletics, and the sports and entertainment industry in general, in relation to the American system of jurisprudence, statutory law, administrative law, constitutional law, and common law. It is intended to familiarize the student with legal concepts and analysis, which will be integral to the student's ability to recognize, approach and resolve sport and entertainment-related legal issues. Answers to legal questions will be pursued through critical thinking and reasoning, especially on matters of policy, legal and political philosophy, with an ultimate goal of gaining valuable insight on issues the student will be called to deal with in his/her ensuing academic and professional life.