COURSE NUMBER & NAME: 372 Sports Law

CREDIT HOURS: Two (2). REQUIRED: no ELECTIVE: yes

PREREQUISITES (Required): Satisfactory completion of 1st year.

PREREQUISITES (Advised): NONE.

WHEN OFFERED:

SUBSTANTIVE COVERAGE AND OBJECTIVES OF COURSE:

An overview of professional sports; contract issues in professional sports, including, formation, the standard players contract, specialty clauses, termination, assignment, remedies for breach, defenses to actions for breach and negotiating the contract; agent issues in professional sports, including, representation contracts, duties and responsibilities and regulation; union issues in professional sports, including labor- management relations, collective bargaining agreements and arbitration; and torts issues in professional sports, including, facility liability, products liability, participant and spectator injuries and defenses.

RELATION TO BAR EXAM SUBJECTS:

Not a bar subject.

RELATION TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:

Fundamental to firms who specialize in the representation of athletes or other such persons or entities doing business in the area of "sports".