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Spring 2010
5237 Baseball & the Law - THORNTON- 31786
added 8-25-09

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Credits: 2

Course Areas: Business and Commercial Law 

Time: 4:00p-6:00p  T Location:  

Course Outline: This course will examine the historical relationship between baseball and the law. Materials and discussion will focus primarily on the interrelationship between law and professional baseball with some references to amateur baseball as well. The course will explore baseball historic antitrust exemption, player contracts, intellectual property and licensing rights for both owners and players, gender equity issues, labor law and collective bargaining with a detailed examination of the CBA for MLB, baseball’s salary arbitration system, tort liability dealing with owners, players and fans, violence in baseball, player agents, drug testing and the powers of the commissioner. Course materials will be drawn from cases and arbitration decisions as well as a text

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Final Exam Schedule: 05/11 6 - 8pm      

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• (11/17/2009 12:42:47 PM) Title: Legal Bases: Baseball and the Law
  Author: Roger Abrams
  Edition:  Year: 1998 ISBN:  Publisher: Temple University Press