Penn State Institute for Sports Law, Policy, and Research — Legal Literature

RESOURCES FOR TEACHING SPORTS LAW

This page is for the benefit of law professors (full time and adjunct practitioners) and their students.  The goal is, over time, to develop this site as a resource for syllabi, course content, and how to teach or explain major cases.   In addition, when the Institute is able to post discussions or content on its Topical Discussion page, we’ll provide suggestions for how to integrate this material into class.

The link here is to powerpoint presentations for a 3-hour class (28 75-minute sessions), based on the Sports and the Law (Thomson/West 4th ed. 2010) book I’ve co-authored with Paul Weiler, Gary Roberts, and Roger Abrams.

Please e-mail comments to me at sfr10@psu.edu. 

SPORTS LAW BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• Amy Beckham Osborne, Baseball and the Law, A Selected Annotated Bibliography, 1990-2004, 97 L. Libr. J. 335 (2005).

30 RECOMMENDED LAW REVIEW ARTICLES

• AGENCY
  • Sobel, Lionel S., The Regulation of Sports Agents: An Analytical Primer, 39 Baylor L. Rev. 701-786 (1987).
    Stiglitz, Jan, NCAA-Based Agent Regulation: Who Are We Protecting?, 67 Notre Dame L. Rev. 215 (1991).
     
• AMATEUR SPORTS
  • Nafziger, J.A.R., Amateur Sports Act of 1978, 1983 BYU L. Rev. 47-99.
     
• ANTITRUST & LEGAL STRUCTURE
  • Bauer, Joseph P., Antitrust and Sports: Must Competition on the Field Replace Competition in the Marketplace?, 60 Tenn. L. Rev. 263 (1993).
  • Grauer, Myron C., Recognition of the National Football League as a Single Entity Under Section 1 of the Sherman Act: Implications of the Consumer Welfare Model, 82 Mich. L. Rev. 1 (1983).
  • Lazaroff, Daniel E., The Antitrust Implications of Franchise Relocation Restrictions in Professional Sports, 52 Fordham L. Rev. 157 (1984). 
  • Roberts, Gary R., Sports Leagues and the Sherman Act: The Use and Abuse of Section I to Regulate Restraints on Intraleague Rivalry, 32 UCLA L. Rev. 219 (1984). 
  • Roberts, Gary R., The Antitrust Status of Sports Leagues Revisited, 64 Tulane L. Rev. 117 (1989).
  • Tagliabue, Paul J., Antitrust Developments in Sports and Entertainment, 56 Antitrust L.J. 341 (1987).
  • Topkis, Jay H., Monopoly in Professional Sports. 58 Yale Law Journal 691-712 (1949).
  • Weistart, John C., League Control of Market Opportunities: A Perspective on Competition and Cooperation in the Sports Industry. 84 Duke Law Journal 1013-1070 (1984).
     
• ARBITRATION
  • Wong, Glenn M., A Survey of Grievance Arbitration Cases in Major League Baseball, 41 Arb. J. 42 (Mar. 1986).
     
• BASEBALL
  • Rogers, C. Paul, Judicial Reinterpretation of Statutes: The Example of Baseball and the Antitrust Laws, 14 Houston L. Rev. 611 (1977).
     
• BROADCASTING
  • Garrett, Robert Alan & Hochberg, Philip R., Sports Broadcasting and the Law, 59 Ind. L.J. 155 (1984).
     
• COLLEGE SPORTS
  • Davis, Timothy, Examining Educational Malpractice Jurisprudence: Should a Cause of Action Be Created for Student-Athletes?, 69 Denv. Univ. L. Rev. 57 (1992).
  • Goldman, Lee, Sports and Antitrust: Should College Students Be Paid to Play?, 65 Notre Dame L. Rev. 206 (1990).
  • Greene, Linda S., The New NCAA Rules of the Game: Academic Integrity or Racism?, 28 St. Louis Univ. L.J. 101 (1984).
  • Kaplin, Richard L., Intercollegiate Athletics and the Unrelated Business Income Tax, 80 Colum. L. Rev. 1430 (1980).
  • Lowell, Cym H., Judicial Review of Rule-Making in Amateur Athletics, 5 J.C. & U.L. 11 (1977).
  • McKenzie, Richard B. & Sullivan, Thomas E., College Athletes? An Economics and Legal Analysis, Antitrust Bull. 373 (1987).
  • Ruxin, Robert H., Unsportsmanlike Conduct: The Student-Athlete, the NCAA, and Agents, 8 J.C. & U.L. 347 (1981).
  • Smith, Rodney K., Reforming Intercollegiate Athletics: A Critique of the Presidents Commission’s Role in the NCAA’s Sixth Special Convention. 64 N.D. L. Rev. 423 (1988).
  • Weistart, John C., Rule-Making in Interscholastic Sports: The Bases of Judicial Review, 11 J.L. & Educ. 291 (1982).
  
   
• LABOR ISSUES
  • Bauer, Joseph B., Antitrust and Sports: Must Competition on the Field Replace Competition in the Marketplace?, 60 Tenn. L. Rev. 263 (1993).
  • Berry, Robert C. & Gould, William B., A Long Deep Drive to Collective Bargaining: Of Players, Owners, Brawls, and Strikes, 31 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 685 (1981).
  • Craig, Peter S., Monopsony in Manpower: Organized Baseball Meets the Antitrust Laws, 62 Yale L.J. 576 (1953).
  • Jacobs, Michael S. & Winter, Ralph K., Jr., Antitrust Principles and Collective Bargaining by Athletes: Of Superstars in Peonage, 81 Yale L.J. 1(1971).
  • Roberts, Gary R., Interpreting the NFL Player Contract, 3 Marq. Sports L.J. 29 (1992).
  • Roberts, Gary R., Reconciling Federal Labor and Antitrust Policy: The Special Case of Sports League Labor Market Restraints, 75 Georgetown L.J. 19 (1986).