Sports Law and Regulation: Cases, Materials, and Problems, Fifth Edition

Sports Law and Regulation explores both amateur and professional sports as well as issues common to both industries. A comprehensive collection of cases and materials provides balanced perspective and flexible coverage, while the organization provides instructors the flexibility to cover selected sections or chapters for a separate course in either Amateur Sports Law or Professional Sports Law. The fifth edition includes recent landmark sports precedents, cases, and articles. Materials examining internal governance issues of the MLB, the World Anti-doping Code applying to sports doping, the NCAA infractions process, and concussions and brain trauma have also been included in the updated edition. Sports Law and Regulation contains the appropriate amount of introductory and explanatory materials, notes, and questions to facilitate students’ understanding as well as hypothetical problems for applying new knowledge.

New to the 5th Edition:

• New problems on sports intellectual property
• Recent antitrust cases challenging NCAA student-athlete eligibility rules
• Excerpts from recent law review articles by former MLB commissioner Bud Selig regarding MLB internal governance issues
• New CAS cases applying World Anti-doping Code to sports doping
• Landmark Castor Semenya CAS award
• Recent cases regarding National Governing Body (NGB) legal duty to protect athletes from sexual abuse and U.S. Safe Sport legislation
• Updates on tort liability of NGB for failure to have appropriate return to play protocol after athlete concussion: Mayall v USA Water Polo, Inc.
• Updates on the legal challenges to the use of Native American mascots in sports

Professors and students will benefit from:

• Landmark historical cases and significant recent cases that reflect the current law regulating the sports industry
• Notes and Questions that suggest philosophical, sociological, psychological, and economic policy issues and themes
• Flexible organization supports different teaching objectives, ranging from a focus on amateur sports through to professional sports law
• Skill-building exercises in client counseling, negotiation, and contract drafting