The business of sports has become a multimillion dollar industry with legalities in sports leading the way. Sport law looks at major court cases, statutes and regulation that explore a variety of legal issues in sports industry. The early chapters provide an overview of sport law in general terms and explore its impact on race, politic, religion, and everyday affairs. Later chapters address hot button issues such as gender equity, drug testing and discrimination. Written from a sport management perspective, this text covers all the major areas presented in sports law today including cases relating to torts, contract, intellectual property, and agents. Factual scenarios throughout the text allow student to critically examines and apply sport management principles to legal issues the sport executive.