Sports Law

Catalog description

Course explores how the law impacts the sports industry, both amateur and professional. Particular aspects of sports law, including agency, contracts, torts, labor law, antitrust, taxation, constitutional law, and civil rights are studied. Significant segments of the course are devoted to the governance of sports with emphasis on intercollegiate sports governed by the NCAA. The role of the sports agent in the representation of athletes is brought to life through a negotiation project.