Sports Law (SPMA 320)

Term: 2014-2015 Fall Term

Faculty

Rocco Michael NigroShow MyInfo popup for Rocco Michael Nigro

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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM (8/25/2014 - 12/12/2014) Location: MAIN MH 226

Description

Deals with the major legal issues in professional team sports. The primary focus will be on league operations, labor matters; league wide broadcast issues and related problems. Sports Law deals with the relationships between competitors arranged in leagues who employ members of some of the most powerful unions in America. The resulting conflicts and their resolution in the subject matter of the course. A class will be devoted to Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972, the most important civil rights law passed in the last fifty years and its impact on sports. Recommended: BUSN-120.