Sports Law, Contracts, Negot

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course is not designed to train lawyers; rather, it provides an in-depth graduate-level overview of the legal principles governing the sports industry to equip students in non-legal roles with awareness of legal issues in the industry. The course explores a broad range of legal issues that arise in the modern sports industry, including but not limited to athlete representation, labor and employment law, collective bargaining, antitrust law, tort liability and risk management; intellectual property law, free speech rights and drug testing, as well as the burgeoning area of NIL (Name Image and Likeness) rights of student-athletes. Through applied learning, case studies, and real-world scenarios drawn from the sports industry, students will develop the ability to identify legal issues and assess risk. At the end of this course students should be competent in contract interpretation, issue spotting, and negotiating complex industry issues.