Sport Law: A Managerial Approach

Like its predecessor, the updated second edition of Sport Law: A Managerial Approach is organized around management functions rather than legal theory. Its clear and informative style will help readers understand how legal concepts relate to specific managerial functions and will help prepare them to assume a broad range of responsibilities in sport, education, or recreation.
Whether readers work or assume roles as coaches or teachers; are program administrators in a professional program; manage fitness/health clubs; or work in a high school, college, Olympic, or professional sport organization, legal concerns will inevitably be woven into their managerial concerns. This book shows how knowledge of the law creates a competitive advantage and helps build a more efficient and successful operation that better serves the needs of its constituents. Sport Law is organized around four broad business functions: (1) human resource management, (2) strategic management/governance, (3) operations management, and (4) marketing management. It provides relevant examples and explanations and has a clear, accessible tone. Finally, the book covers the legal areas suggested in the COSMA accreditation program approval guidelines and includes such topics as governance in professional and Olympic sport, employment discrimination, sporting facility and event management, participant violence, and intellectual property rights.

Linda A. Sharp, J.D., received her juris doctorate from Cleveland Marshall College of Law and practiced corporate law in Ohio for seven years before continuing her studies at Kent State University in the areas of sport management, higher education administration, and sociology. After teaching in Indiana University's sport management program, where she also held a joint appointment with the law school, she is now at the University of Northern Colorado as a professor in the UNC Sport Administration graduate program, teaching sport law and ethics.
Anita M. Moorman, J.D., is an associate professor in Sport Administration at the University of Louisville where she teaches sport law and legal aspects of sport. She has a law degree from Southern Methodist University and, prior to her academic pursuits, practiced law in Oklahoma City in the areas of commercial and corporate litigation for ten years. She also holds an MS degree in sport management from the University of Oklahoma and a BS in political science from Oklahoma State University.
Cathryn Claussen, J.D., earned her Master's degree in Sport Studies at the University of Iowa and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. She has taught at Bowling Green State University and Clemson University, and is now the Director of the Sport Management Program at Washington State University.