Sport Management 635 - Sport & The Law

Fall
2018
01
3.00
Stephen McKelvey
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
79895
School of Management rm 128
mckelvey@isenberg.umass.edu
This course provides an understanding of the legal issues involved in the supervision, management and business operations of sport enterprises. The course adopts a managerial approach to legal issues that confront sport managers, including tort law, contract law, constitutional law, antitrust law, agency law, intellectual property law, administrative law, and governance and participation issues in professional sport and amateur athletics.
Open to Graduate SPORTMGT students only.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.