Sports Law Resource Guide

This selective guide highlights major print and electronic resources available to Cleveland State University students researching issues in Sports Law.

Please contact your Law Library's Research Services librarians during their regularly scheduled hours, or via email to research.services@law.csuohio.edu for assistance in locating/using these or other resources to meet your needs.

Although some of the links below lead to Westlaw and LexisNexis database resources and require a valid law student Westlaw or LexisNexis password for access, many others link to LexisNexis Academic, an OhioLink research database, available to all C.S.U. students, faculty, and staff. It can be accessed on campus or elsewhere via authentication. Some electronic journals, such as those via HeinOnline, are only available on the C.S.U. campus or C.S.U. network.

Call number links are to records in the Law Library catalog, SCHOLAR.

If you are new to legal research, please see our resource guide

University Law-Related Courses - Legal Research Resources Are Available For You

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(available from the Law Library Home Page: http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/

under Law Library Publications. http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/lawpubs/index.html )

Introduction

Legislation and Regulations -- Ohio, Other States

Legislation and Regulations -- U.S./Federal

Regulations of Sports Organizations

Finding Court Cases

Ohio Treatises (Books), Practice Guides, and Forms Resources

Comprehensive Treatises, Practice Guides, Forms Resources

School Athletics, Amateur Sports, Other Topics

Selected Title IX Resources

Professional Sports, Business, Economics Topics - Selected Titles

Selected International Titles

Videos

Study Aids

Searching Scholar and OhioLINK

Identifying and Locating Law Journal Articles on Sports Topics

Specialized Sports Law Journals

Selected News/Magazine/Other Databases (not for "law journal" articles)

Other Web Resources

Introduction

This guide is specifically designed to assist Cleveland State University students taking Sports Law in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, or graduate/undergraduate courses such as Law in Physical Education, Sports, and Recreation.

Because legal issues related to sports may involve any of a number of areas of law and legal research (contracts, torts, intellectual property, constitutional law, etc.) the researcher is encouraged to start with a secondary source - book, article, ALR, etc., and then follow annotations to statutory law and court decisions.

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Legislation and Regulations -- Ohio, Other States

Ohio Revised Code's Title 33 contains the laws passed by the Ohio General Assembly relating to Education matters. However, there may be other sections of the Code more pertinent for a topic: 

For example - the definition of an "athletic trainer" is in Title 47 Occupations -- Professions, in § 4755.60 of the ORC;  the law providing the authority to form Joint Recreation Districts, in §§ 755.12 - 755.18 of the ORC, and Prepaid Entertainment Contracts in §§ 1345.41 - 1345.50 of the ORC.

Start with the Index to the ORC, and then go to the Title and section. Note if there are definitions related to the code provisions. 

In an annotated code, both the language of the law as presented in the Code section, and the annotations following it can help facilitate your research. Annotations include citations to cases that the editor believes are related to the code section, cross references to other code sections, and perhaps history sections indicating information about amendments to the code section. Annotations also often include references to other books, practice manuals, and legal periodical articles which discuss the statute.

Also check the pocket part supplement when using print codes for any amendments to the section and/or more recent annotations to court decisions.

Ohio Revised Code (LAWriter - from State of Ohio website - unannotated)

Ohio General Assembly  website - for tracking legislation  http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/

For annotated versions of the ORC, see the Code from either of the two major publishers of the Code:

Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (print) / West Pub. Co., 1994 - Reference, Ohio Room, and Reserve  KFO 30 1953 .A4

(Westlaw - OH-ST-ANN ) 

Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (print) / Anderson Pub. Co., 1953 - Reference, Ohio Room, and Reserve  KFO 30 1953 .P3

Page's Ohio Revised Code (via LexisNexis Academic) (Please note: This OhioLINK research database is only available on the CSU campus or via remote authentication to those with a CSU ID)

You can search words or put in a section number.

(LexisNexis --   OH - Ohio Statutes, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined )

Other States' Codes:

The Law Library has a current print annotated code for many states. The sets are shelved by call number, alphabetically by state, on the Atrium Level of the Law Library, beginning with KFA (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona), KFC (California), etc. Code arrangement will vary by state.

Start with the index, and check the pocket part supplement for amendments to the law and newer annotations to court decisions.

LexisNexis Academic State Codes

Click on the specific state and search in the same manner as in other LexisNexis Academic databases. Code arrangement will vary by state.

Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2000)    www.law.upenn.edu/bll/ulc/uaaa/aaa1130.htm  

Uniform Laws Annotated / West Group.   Reference  KF 879 .A45 U5

Includes   Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2000)  and tables showing which states have adopted it, along with the citations to the state code sections.

(Westlaw - ULA )      [Type a search "uniform athlete agents act" to get to the various sections.]

Legal Information Institute(LII) (Cornell): State Law

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Ohio Administrative Regulations

State administrative agencies promulgate regulations as part of their role in implementing the laws passed by the legislative body.

Ohio Administrative Code (print) / West Pub. Co., 1994 -     KFO 34.5 .O35

     (For example, Section 3301-27-02 Qualifications for Athletic Trainers)

Ohio Administrative Code (LAWriter - from State of Ohio website)

Ohio Monthly Record (print) / West 1977 -  KFO 35 .A23 O35

      Updates the Ohio Administrative Code

Register of Ohio (for notice of Ohio rule-making)

Westlaw -  OH-ADC

Westlaw - Ohio Regulation Tracking & Text Combined  OH-SNREGS

LexisNexis - OH - Ohio Administrative Code and the Ohio Register

LexisNexis - Ohio State Regulation Tracking 

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Legislation and Regulations -- U.S./Federal

United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.) (Thomson West), Print. Reference or 2nd Level

KF 62.5 .W45

United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.) (LexisNexis),  Print.   Reference KF 62 .L38

United States Code Service  (Via LexisNexis Academic)

Both publishers' print codes include a multi-volume subject index. Start there and then go to the Title and Section number. Check the pocket part supplement or pamphlet under the same Title and Section number for updated information -- any amendments to the Code, references to newer court decisions, etc. Some sections of law may be a paragraph or a few pages, but there may be many pages of annotations.

United States Code  (Via GPO Access) Unannotated.

U.S. Library of Congress  Thomas - for tracking Federal legislation    http://thomas.loc.gov/

Legal Information Institute (LII) (Cornell): Federal Law

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Selected Federal Laws with Sports Implications:

Amateur Sports Act of 1978, 36 U.S.C. (formerly in § § 371-396 et seq.) §§ 220501-220529

Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.

National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 151-166

Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. §1 et seq.

Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §1 et seq., § 1291, § 1292

Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1291-1295

Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments, 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.

Trademark Act (Lanham Act), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1127

U.S. Olympic Committee provisions, 36 U.S.C. §§ 220501-220529

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Federal Administrative Regulations

Federal administrative agencies promulgate regulations as part of their role in implementing the laws passed by the legislative body.

Code of Federal Regulations (via GPO Access) - Federal government agency regulations

CFR via LexisNexis Academic

CFR -- Current year in print on the First Level rotunda (Reference Area) of the Law Library KF 70 .A3. The previous two years in print - Second Level; complete backrun on microfilm and microfiche - Base Level. 

Title IX Regulations of the U.S. Dept. of Education - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance:

34 CFR Part 106    

Available also from the U.S. Dept. of Education website

http://www.ed.gov/policy/rights/reg/ocr/edlite-34cfr106.html

Federal Register (via GPO Access) - Issued daily.  Proposed and final regulations; notices.

FR via LexisNexis Academic

FR -- print current and prior year - Reference  KF70 .A2  

Complete backrun on microfilm and microfiche on the Base Level. 

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Regulations of Sports Organizations:

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) - www2.ncaa.org/  

> Legislation & Governance > Rules & Bylaws

National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Division I Manual / Overland Park, KS: NCAA, Current (2003-2004). Reference GV 563 .N25297 (Also NCAA Division II Manual Reference GV 563 .N25298 and NCAA Division III Manual Reference GV 563 .N25299)

OHSAA Student-Athlete Eligibility   http://www.ohsaa.org/eligibility/default.asp

OHSAA Handbook for Officials      http://www.ohsaa.org/officials/handbk05.pdf

World Anti-Doping Agency   http://www.wada-ama.org/en/  (For Code and Standards)

     Includes link to Prohibited List and Therapeutic Use Exemptions

World Anti-Doping Code (2003) 

http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/code_v3.pdf

International Olympic Committee Anti-Doping Rules Applicable to the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy    http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/IOC_AntiDoping_Rules_05.pdf

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Finding Court Cases

For information on deciphering citations see the Cleveland-Marshall Law Library guide:

How to Read a Legal Citation . 

The Yearbook of Education Law / Dayton, Ohio: National Organization on Legal Problems of Education, now Education Law Association, 1988 -    Annual. Atrium Level  KF4102.5 .Y39 1988 If you want to identify significant caselaw developments, with citations to decisions, this annual review includes a chapter on Sports Law.   Electronic access via Education Abstracts (An OhioLink Research database. 1997 to present)  Type in Yearbook of Education Law, and select Journal Titles in the drop-down menu, to get to the listing of chapters and links where full text is available. Footnotes are at the end of each chapter.

West's Education Law Reporter (West Group, 1982 -   )  KF 4110 .A2 W47

Education-related court cases from the various sets of court reports (F.Supp., N.E.2d, etc.)  and commentary/articles in each volume (check table of contents.) There is a Digest at the end of the set.

Structure of the Ohio Judicial System - http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/introduction/structure/

Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio Appellate Court Opinions from the Ohio Supreme Court website (for more recent years):       http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/newpdf/

If you have a citation, you can Get a Case via LexisNexis Academic.

For format to use: Citation Formats

LexisNexis Academic: Federal Case Law

LexisNexis Academic: State Case Law

LexisNexis Academic: State Case Law > Ohio

LexisNexis Academic: Education Law (Federal and State Cases)

For full-text searching of, and access to, Ohio state court decisions, including unreported Ohio Appellate Court decisions that have a citation with WL as the abbreviation, the West Premise Research Workstation is available in the Law Library Reference Area.

West's Education Law Reporter (West Group, 1982 -   ) Print. Atrium Level  KF 4110 .A2 W47

Education-related court cases from the various sets of court reports (F.Supp., N.E.2d, etc.)  and commentary/articles in each volume (check table of contents.) There is a Digest at the end of the set.

U.S. Supreme Court  - recent decisions available from the Supreme Court's website:

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

U.S. Supreme Court - decisions 1893 - current   available via FindLaw

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html

Andrews Sports & Entertainment Litigation Reporter ( Westlaw - ANSPENLR)

      From Nov., 1996

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Ohio Treatises (Books), Practice Guides, and Forms Resources

Selected Ohio-related treatises and practice guides in the Law Library collection which provide a foundation for sports law issues include the following:

Anderson's Ohio School Law / Kimball H. Carey / Cincinnati: Anderson Pub. Co., 2002 -   . 

3 vol. set.  Reserve Room    KFO 390 B342

Baldwin's Ohio School Law, rev. ed. / Hastings, Manoloff, Sheeran & Stype. / Cleveland: Thomson/West, 2003 -   . 2 vol. set.  Reserve Room    KFO 390 .B3 2003

(Westlaw - OHSCHL)

Ohio Consumer Law / Harold L. Williams, ed.; Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and Ohio State Legal Services Assn. / Cleveland: Thomson West, 1997 - Current. Baldwin's Ohio Handbook Series. Chapter 4: Prepaid Entertainment Contract Act. Reference, Reserve, and Ohio Room. KFO 230 .O35

Ohio School Law / Cleveland: West Group, 1997 - Current. Baldwin's Ohio Handbook Series. Current. Reference, Reserve, and Ohio Room    KFO 390 .L48

Gotherman & Babbit, Ohio Municipal Law - Procedure & Forms, 2nd ed. / John E. Gotherman and Harold W. Babbit / West, 1975 - current. 3 vols. KFO 431 .A6 G66
Currently updated by Finley's Ohio Municipal Service / West Group, 2003 - 

KFO 431.A6 G67   (Vol. 17 /Issue 6 Nov./ Dec. 2005 article: "Financing and Operating Community, Recreational and Park Facilities Through Joint Recreation Districts" by Emmett M. Kelly, Esq. available at http://www.bricker.com/publications/articles/918.pdf)

Anderson's Ohio Business Entities Handbook / Anderson Pub. Co., current year. 

KFO 205 .O35      LexisNexis ( Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Corporate > Treatises & Analytical Materials > Anderson Publishing > Ohio Business Entities Handbook )

Developments in Ohio law are often reflected in continuing legal education materials such as:

Sports Law and Entertainment Law / Columbus: OSBA CLE Institute, 2001.  KF 3989 .A75 S67 2001

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Comprehensive Treatises, Practice Guides, Forms Resources

Education Law / James A. Rapp / New York: LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 1984 -   . 7 vols. An excellent comprehensive current looseleaf set; Start with Index in Vol. 7. Vol. 1 includes Chapter 3: Athletics    KF 4119 .R36

Education Law / Charles J. Russo and Ralph D. Mawdsley / New York: Law Journal Press, 2002 -   . Current.  (Chapt. 7: Sports Law)    KF 4119 .E276

Fundamentals of Sports Law, 2nd ed. / Walter T. Champion, Jr. / 2004.

(Westlaw - SPORTSLAW)

Law of Professional and Amateur Sports / Gary A. Uberstine and Kimarie R., eds. / St. Paul: West Group, 1988 -  . 3 vols. Current. A comprehensive looseleaf service. KF 3989 .L38 1988

Lindey on Entertainment, Publishing, and the Arts: Agreements and the Law, 3d ed. / Alexander Lindey and Michael Landau / St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West, 2004 -      Current. 

Four volume looseleaf service.  KF 2991.5 .L52     (Westlaw   LINDEY3d )

Sports and the Law: A Modern Anthology / Timothy Davis, Alfred D. Mathewson, and Kenneth L. Shropshire, eds. / Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1999.  KF 3989 .S673 1999

Sports Law: A Desktop Handbook / Paul M. Anderson / Milwaukee, WI: National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School, 1999.   KF 3989 .A53 1999

Sports Law and Regulation / Joseph Gordon Hylton and Paul M. Anderson, eds. / Milwaukee: National Sports Law Institute, 1999.  KF 3989 .S677 1999

Sports Law and Regulation: Cases, Materials, and Problems / Matthew J. Mitten [et al.] / New York: Aspen, 2005   KF 3989 .A7 S66 2005

Sports Law Practice / Martin J. Greenberg and James T. Gray / Charlottesville, VA: LEXIS Law Pub., 1998 -  . Current. 2 vols.   KF 3989.G69 1998

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ALR (American Law Reports ) (West Group)     Reference  KF 132.6 .I53

An excellent starting place for background information on numerous legal issues related to sports, with references to court decisions and other resources.    (Start with the multi-volume Index at the end of the set, checking under    Sports   for example, and follow any cross references as needed. Also check the pocket part supplement to the Index for any newer listings. Then go to the appropriate series ( ALR4th, ALR 5th, ALR Federal (call number KF 132 .A47), etc.) then volume number (the first number in the citation) and then page number (the second number in the citation.) Check the pocket part supplement under the same citation for more current information.

American Jurisprudence 2nd  (West Group)   Reference KF 154 .A422. A legal encyclopedia. Start with  the General Index, under Entertainment and Sports.    In Vol. 27A: Entertainment & Sports Law   "Regulation of Sports Agents”.

American Jurisprudence Legal Forms 2nd (West Group)  Reference  KF 170 .A542 

In Vol. 2 under Amusements and Exhibitions at VII. Athletics and Sports from  Sec.19: 251 et seq. for various legal forms.

Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS) (West Group) Reference KF 154 .C672 A legal encyclopedia.

Start with the General Index, under Sports and Athletics or Schools and Education.

West's Legal Forms (West Group)     Reference KF 170 .W47 

In Vol. 24: Sports Related Contracts Sec. 3.190 et seq.

West Group's Causes of Action (West Group)   Reference   KF 8863 .S532

Start with the Index, under such topics as Sports and Athletics, Sports Spectator Injury, or Schools and Education.

West's Education Law Reporter (West Group, 1982 -   )  KF 4110 .A2 W47

Education-related court cases from the various sets of court reports (F.Supp., N.E.2d, etc.)  and commentary/articles in each volume (check table of contents.) There is a Digest at the end of the set.

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School Athletics, Amateur Sports, Other Topics:

Baseball and the American Legal Mind / Spender Weber Waller, Neil B. Cohen, and Paul Finkelman / New York: Garland, 1995.     KF 3989 .A75 B37 1995

Dancing at Halftime -- Sports and the Controversy over American Indian Mascots / Carol Spindel / New York: New York University Press, 2002. GV 714.5 .S65 2002

Essentials of Amateur Sports Law, 3rd ed. / Glenn M. Wong / Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002.

KF 3989 .W66 2002

Law and the Team Physician / Elizabeth M. Gallup / Champaign, IL.: Human Kinetics, 1995.    KF 2910 .S65 G35 1995

Law in Sport and Physical Activity, 2nd ed. / Annie Clement / Aurora, OH: Sport and Law Press, Inc., 1998.     KF 4166 .C55 1998

Legal Handbook on School Athletics / Margaret A. Chidester, et al. / Alexandria, VA: NSBA, 1997.      KF 4166 .L44 1997

Legal Responsibility in Aquatics / Annie Clement / Aurora, OH: Sport and Law Press, Inc., 1997.     KF 1290 .S66 C63 1997

Managing Legal Issues in College Athletics: Proactive Strategies for Administrators /David P. O'Brien and Timothy J. O'Brien / Horsham, PA: LRP Publications, 2004.     KF 4166 .O27 2004

Products Liability: Recreation and Sports Equipment  / Jeffrey D. Wittenberg / New York: Law Journal Seminars Pr., 1985 -   . Current.   KF 1297.A77 W58 1985

(Westlaw - PRODLIABRSE )

Risk Management in Sport: Issues and Strategies, 2nd ed. / Herb Appenzeller, ed. / Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Pr., 2005.    KF 1290 .S66 R57 2005

Safe at First: A Guide to Help Sports Administrators Reduce Their Liability / Gil Fried, Herb Appenzeller, ed. / Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Pr., 1999.    KF 1290 .S66 F75 1999

Youth Sport and the Law: A Guide to Legal Issues / Thomas Appenzeller, Herb Appenzeller, ed. / Durham. NC: Carolina Academic Pr., 2000.    KF 3989 .A965 2000

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Selected Title IX Resources

Breaking Down Barriers: A Legal Guide to Title IX / Ellen J. Vargyas / Washington, D.C.: National Women's Law Center, 1994.    KF 4166 V37 1994

Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America / Sarah K. Fields / Urbana, IL: Univ. of Illinois Press, 2005.   GV 709.18 .U6 F54 2005

More Than a Game - One Woman's Fight for Gender Equity in Sport / Cynthia Lee A. Pemberton / Boston: Northeastern Univ. Pr., 2002.    GV 709.18 .U6 P46 2002

A Place on the Team: The Triumph and Tragedy of Title IX / Welch Suggs / Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2005.     GV 709.18 .U6 S86 2005

Playing Nice and Losing : The Struggle for Control of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics, 1960-2000   / Ying Wushanley / Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2004.

Sporting Equality: Title IX Thirty Years Later / Rita J. Simon, ed. / New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2005.   GV 709.18 .U6 S67 2005

Who's Playing College Sports? Trends in Participation / John Cheslock / East Meadows, NY: Women's Sports Foundation, June 5, 2007.

Gender Equity in Education section of website of the National Women's Law Center

Women in Intercollegiate Sport - A Longitudinal National Study, Twenty Nine Year Update, 1977 - 2006 / Linda Jean Carpenter and R. Vivian Acosta / also available at http://webpages.charter.net/womeninsport

"Gender Equity in College Sports" Database / Brad Wolverton for questions / and

"Women in Sports - Crying Foul over Postseason Opportunities" / Brad Wolverton /Chronicle of Higher Education, Vol. 52, Issue 47, P. A6 (July 28, 2006) (available to CSU users on the CSU campus)

Government Reports and other publications related to Title IX - 

There are numerous reports and other documents available via the U.S. Dept. of Education's website   http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml  . 

In the search box, type in Title IX and you will retrieve several hundred items. 

Older government publications are likely be more efficiently located by searching Scholar or OhioLink. The Law Library is a U.S. Government Depository Library and we can assist you in locating Federal government publications, whether published electronically or in print.

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Professional Sports, Business, Economics Topics - Selected Titles

An Athlete's Guide to Agents, 4th ed. / Robert H. Ruxin / Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2004.    GV 734.5 .R88 2004

Big Sports, Big Business: A Century of League Expansions, Mergers, and Reorganizations / Frank P. Jozsa, Jr. / Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2006. GV 583 .J66 2006

The Business of Sports Agents / Kenneth L. Shropshire and Timothy Davis / Philadelphia: Univ. of Penn. Press, 2003.    GV 734.5 .S58 2003

The Economics and Politics of Sports Facilities / Wilbur C.Rich, ed. / Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2000.    GV 429 .E36 2000

Economics of College Sports / John Fizel and Rodney Fort, eds. / Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004

GV 350 .E36 2004

Economics of Sports / William S. Kern, ed. / Kalamazoo: W.E. Upjohn Inst. for Employment Research, 2000.      GV 583 .E36 2000

Employment Law : A Guide for Sport, Recreation, and Fitness Industries / Gil Fried and Lori Miller, Herb Appenzeller, ed./ Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Pr., 1998.     GV 713 .F75 1998

Golf and the Law - A Practitioner's Guide to the Law and Golf Management / Thomas H. Sawyer / Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2005.   KF 3989 .S29 2005

Law and Business of the Sports Industries. Common Issues in Amateur and Professional Sports, 2nd ed. / Robert C. Berry and Glenn M. Wong / Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993.

KF 3989 .B47 1993

Legal Aspects of Sport Entrepreneurship / Dianne B. O'Brien and James O. Overby / Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology, 1997.    KF 3989 .O25 1997

Leveling the Playing Field: How the Law Can Make Sports Better for Fans  / Paul C. Weiler / Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Pr., 2000.   KF 3989 .W45 2000

Sports, Inc. -- 100 Years of Sports Business / Phil Schaaf / Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2004. GV 716 .S315 2004

Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums / Wash. D.C.: Brookings, 1997.   GV 716 .S647 1997

Successful Sport Management, 2nd ed. / Herb Appenzeller and Guy Lewis, eds. / Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Pr., 2000.    GV 713 .S83 2000

Understanding Business and Legal Aspects of the Sports Industry / New York: Practising

Law Institute, 1999 -  .    KF 3989 .A15 U53 (1999, 2000, 2001: V. 1 & V. 2)

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Selected International Titles

Arbitral and Disciplinary Rules of International Sports Organisations / Robert C.R. Siekmann and Janwillem Soek, eds. / Hague: T.M.C. Asser, 2001.    K 3702 .A73 2001

Arbitration at the Olympics: Issues of Fast-Track Dispute Resolution and Sports Law / Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler / The Hague, London: Kluwer Law Int., 2001.

K 3702 .K38 2001

Basic Documents of International Sports Organisations / Robert C.R. Siekmann and Janwillem Soek, eds. / The Hague; Boston: Kluwer International, 1998.   GV 713 .B37 1998

The Dome of Silence: Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sport / Sandra Kirby, et al. / Halifax, N.S.: Fernwood; London: Zed Books; New York: Palgrave dist., 2000.

GV 709.2 .K57 2000

Doping Rules of International Sports Organisations / Robert C.R. Siekmann, Janwillem Soek, and Andrea Bellani, eds. / The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press; Cambridge, MA: Kluwer dist., 1999.

K 3702 .D67 1999

Dying to Win: Doping in Sport and the Development of Anti-Doping Policy, 2nd ed. / Barrie Houlihan / Strasbourg: Council of Europe Pub., 2002.   RC 1230 .H68 2002

The European Union and Sport: Legal and Policy Documents / Robert C.R. Siekmann and Janwillem Soek / The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2005.   KJE 6063 .E97 2005

International Sports Law, 2nd ed./ James A.R. Nafziger / Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, 2004.  K 3702 .N34 2004

Law and Sport in Contemporary Society / Steve Greenfield and Guy Osborn, eds. / London, Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2000.   K 3702 .L39 2000

Mediating Sports Disputes: National and International Perspectives / Ian Stewart Blackshaw / The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press; Norwell, MA: Sold & dist. N.,S.,Central Am. by Kluwer Law Int., 2002.          K 3702 .B53 2002

Professional Sport in the European Union: Regulation and Re-Regulation /, Andrew Caiger and Simon Gardiner, eds. / The Hague: T.M.C. Asser; London: Dordrech; Kluwer, 2000.

KJE 6063 .P76 2000

Sports and the Law in Canada, 3d ed./ John Barnes / Markham, Ont.: Butterworths, 1996.

KE 3792 B37 1996

Sports Law / Simon Gardiner, et al., / London: Cavendish, 1998.  KD 3525 .S66 1998

Sports Law / F. Hendrickx ed. / The Hague; New York: Kluwer Law International, 2004-  (International Encyclopaedia of Laws)  Looseleaf.    KJC 6063 .S658

For additional information:

International Sports Law / Amy Burchfield / Globalex

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Videos

Eight Men Out (Santa Monica: MGM Home Ent., 1999).

Audiovisual Reserve  PN 1995.9 .S67 E5x 1999

Title IX and Women in Sports: What's Wrong with This Picture?  (Produced by Whidbey Films, Inc.; dist. by PBS Home Video, 1999). Audiovisual Reserve  KF 4155 .T57 1999

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Study Aids

Sports Law in a Nutshell, 3rd ed. / Walter T. Champion, Jr./ West Group, 2005.  (Nutshell Series)    KF 3989 .Z9 C48 2005 

FindLaw for Students:  Outlines & Exams: Sports Law (several exams from other law schools)

http://stu.findlaw.com/outlines/entertainment.html

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Searching Scholar and OhioLINK

(Scholar Hands-on Instruction)

To identify titles of books and periodicals in both the Law Library and the University Library, check SCHOLAR, the online catalog, under such subjects as the following:

Athletes -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Collective bargaining -- sports

College sports

Doping in Sports -- Law and Legislation

Liability for sports accidents

Olympics -- Law and Legislation

Physical education and training

Professional sports -- law and legislation

Professional sports -- United States -- Management

School sports -- Law and legislation

Sex discrimination in sports

Sex discrimination in sports – Law and legislation – United States

Sports administration -- United States

Sports agents

Sports for women – United States -- History

Sports franchises

Sports -- Law and legislation

Sports -- Risk management -- United States

If a copy is not available at Cleveland State University, consider checking OhioLink.

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Identifying and Locating Law Journal Articles on Sports Topics

See Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals and Other Legal Periodicals for an explanation of the legal periodical indexes and databases available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students and the CSU community. 

Start with an Index:

Because there are likely to be pertinent Sports Law articles in subject-specific as well as general law reviews, you are strongly encouraged to utilize indexes to identify articles, and then go to the full text of the articles. There are two major indexes:

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books  / H.W. Wilson , 1926 -

Print index available in Law Library  - Reference   KF 8 .I54

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective for earlier (1918 - 1981) electronic coverage

(CSU Law Library).

Check under Sports or by specific sport, such as Baseball. Other subjects used in this index:

Antitrust law -- Sports

College sports

Drug Testing -- Athletes

Olympic Games, 2008 (Beijing, China)

School Sports

Sex discrimination -- Sports

Sports franchise relocation

Sports franchises -- Taxation

Stadium financing

Current Law Index  / Information Access, 1980 -    .   Reference K 33 .C87

The print version of Legal Resource Index   (on Westlaw - LRI) and on LexisNexis for law students, but not included on LexisNexis Academic).  More journals indexed than by Index to Legal Periodicals ; more specific subject headings. Check under specific sports, Sports, or other topics such as the following:

African American athletes

Athletes (  -- Accidents    -- Contracts   -- Crime     -- Discipline    -- Drug testing -- Emigration and immigration    -- Laws, regulations, etc.   -- Mediation and arbitration    -- Recruiting    -- Taxation )

Baseball teams ( -- Buildings, facilities, etc.    -- Cases -Litigation   -- Location      -- Taxation )

College athletes

College sports ( -- Contracts     -- Finance    -- Intellectual property     -- Laws, regulations, etc.

-- Litigation       -- Management     -- Standards    -- Surveys

Disabled athletes

Discrimination in sports

Drugs and athletes

Free agents (Sports)

Mascots

Mass media and sports

Olympic athletes

Outdoor recreation

Professional sports

Recreation areas

School sports ( -- Cases )

Sporting goods

Sports agents

Sports facilities

Sports franchises

Sports law ( -- Comparative method     -- Evaluation    -- Interpretation and construction

-- Litigation   -- Mediation and arbitration   -- Surveys )

Sports spectators

Sports teams

Stadiums ( --Design and construction     -- Finance    --Laws, regulations, etc.     -- Surveys

-- Usage   -- Valuation)

Television broadcasting of sports

Violence in sports

Women athletes

Women's sports

Other Indexes:

Index - Sports Law in Law Reviews and Journals, a regular listing of law journal articles related to Sports Law, in issues of Marquette Sports Law Journal

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals    Reference Area    K 33 .I38

“multilingual index to articles and book reviews published worldwide”  1985 – present.

Search under       Sports     or      Sports -- [name of country]

Sport Database (Westlaw - SPORT ) A bibliographical database from the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) in Ontario, Canada. Provides indexing (and abstracts) for over 2000 journals (from 1975) and monographs (1949) published in English, French and other languages. Country, country of publication, and language fields can be searched. Updated monthly.

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For the full text of journal articles go to the journals:

Journal Finder (from the Law Library or University Library home page) can assist in identifying electronic and/or print access to journal titles. If you don't find a link, check Scholar for the journal title. Please note that not every volume/issue/article is available in both print and electronic format. Graphic information may or may not be available in electronic format. There also have been numerous journal name/title changes in the Sports Law area. If a title is not listed on Scholar, please ask your Research Services Librarian for assistance. 

Titles may be electronically available on

•   LexisNexis Academic  (An OhioLink research database)

•   LexisNexis or Westlaw  (for Law students with passwords only)

•   Hein Online  (CSU Campus or CSU Network only)  

For full text regular "print" format, plus full-text search capability,

and for many volumes older than those available on LexisNexis or Westlaw:

http://heinonline.org/HOL/CurrentJournals  

Access Hein Online from a Quick Link on the drop-down menu at the top right of the Law Library Home Page.  You can search words or phrases, and many older law reviews are available in this database. Once you identify a specific article, you can print the pdf version of the pages. Generally the footnotes will be at the bottom of each page. Also, charts (if any) will be available in this format whereas they are likely not to be in some of the other databases. 

To print an article in Hein Online, at the top right of the article screen, click on Print/Download Options. Then select the pdf for Current section, if you want to print the entire article, or Current page pdf to print just the single page. (If you do not take the step of the Print/Download Options screen, and just print screens, the bottom few lines of each page are likely to appear on a second page - not what you want for a long article.)

Journal titles available in print format have the call number, and location/availability information, indicated in the Law Library Scholar record.

Request current print journal issues at the Law Library Public Services Desk, 1st Level. Older volumes are shelved by call number, generally on the Base Level, beginning at K1.

There have been many journal name/title changes in the Sports Law area. Also, not every volume/issue/article is available in both print and electronic format. Graphic information may or may not be available in electronic format.

If you experience difficulties locating any specific journal title or article, please ask a librarian.

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Specialized Sports Law Journals

Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law / Austin, TX: Univ. of Texas School of Law, Vol. 1 -  (2000 -     ).   K  24 .E945  

HeinOnline   (Vols. 1-5, 2000-2004)

(Westlaw - Vol. 3 - , 2002 -      TXRESL)

University of Miami Entertainment and Sports Law Review (Continues Entertainment and Sports Law Journal , Vols. 1 - 5 (1984-1988); Vol. 6 - (1989 -    ).     K 5 .N69

(Westlaw - UMIAESLR)     via LexisNexis Academic

Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal , Vol. 1 -   (1994 -    ) (Westlaw -  VLSELJ)

HeinOnline    Vol. 1 - 10 (2003))   Via LexisNexis Academic

Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal / Charlottesville, VA: Univ. of Virginia, School of Law / Vol. 1 -  (2001 - ). Continues Virginia Journal of Sports and the Law , Vol. 1 - 3 (1999 - 2001)    K 26 .I735 )    K 26 .I736

HeinOnline   Vols. 1-2 (1999-2000)   

(Westlaw - VASELJ)

Please note: although some issues of some of these journals may be available on the Internet from the issuing body/institution/publisher, not all titles are, nor are full runs of the titles.  If you are a C.S.U. student, article retrieval may be more efficient using LexisNexis Academic, Hein Online, or print issues at the Law Library.

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Selected News/Magazine/Other Databases (not for "law journal" articles)

News articles, whether from direct electronic sources or via LexisNexis Academic , LexisNexis, Westlaw, ProQuest, etc., or from print newspapers or newsletters, can frequently give clues to facilitate your research on legal issues - names of parties in court cases, date of decision, which court, judge's name, some words or phrases which may be useful for a full-text search, etc..

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LexisNexis Academic

Tab to the Guided News Search screen which gives steps to assist you in constructing your search, and drop-down menus for the various options.

For comprehensive coverage of national level issues:

In Step One: Select the news category, General News , and in

Step Two: Select a news source - Major Papers to search full text of the New York Times, Washington Post, and many others.

For general Arts and Sports News:

In Step One: Select Arts & Sports News; and in Step Two: Sports News

To search Sports Illustrated:

In Step One select: General News; and in Step Two: Time Inc. Publications.

For Ohio articles:

In Step One select: U.S., and in Step Two, Ohio.

For international articles:

In Step One select: World News; and in Step Two, select a region.

Use date qualifiers in Step Four that aren't too great a time span.

Search using the same techniques as in the Legal databases.

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Chronicle of Higher Education   Current month, Law Library Base Level - Casual Reading Area. Do a title search Chronicle of Higher Education  on Journal Finder from either Library's homepage to determine electronic and additional print access. A major current awareness title for the higher education community.

Coach and Athletic Director (Westlaw, Jan, 2003 -   COACHATDIR )

La Gazzetta dello Sport   (Westlaw, May, 2002 -    LAGAZZSPORT ) Italian daily.

Journal of Athletic Training  (Westlaw, Jan., 2000 -   JATHTRAIN )

The Sporting News  (Westlaw, Aug. 1977 -    SPORTING )

Magazine Database (Westlaw - 1959-1970 & 1973 - present: indexing and abstracts;  1983 - present full-text -   MAGAZINE )

Magazine Database - Current   (Westlaw - Most recent 12 - 24 months -  MAGAZINE-C )

UPI International Sports News (Westlaw, Feb., 2005 - UPIINTLSPORTS )

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Other Web Resources

NCAA  (National Collegiate Athletic Association)    www2.ncaa.org/       

NCAA News Market - Internships - Job Opportunities in College Athletics

http://ncaa.thetask.com/market/jobs/internship/index.php

Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA)     www.ohsaa.org  

Scholarly Sports Sites      www.ucalgary.ca/library/ssportsite/ 

     Links to many sports organizations, including international organizations.

National Sports Law Institute at Marquette University Law School

law.marquette.edu/cgi-bin/site.pl?2130&pageID=179

National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics  http://nacda.collegesports.com/ 

     Includes a listing of             

Athletics Employment Opportunities

http://nacda.collegesports.com/nacdajobs/nacda-nacdajobs.html

National Parks and Recreation Association

http://www.nrpa.org/

National Playground Safety Institute

http://www.nrpa.org/content/default.aspx?documentId=778

Accessible Sports Facilities -- A summary of accessibility guidelines for recreation facilities  (U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, June 2003)

http://www.access-board.gov/recreation/guides/pdfs/sports.pdf

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

http://www.cpsc.gov/

  Including: Handbook for Public Playground Safety:

   http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/325.pdf

U.S. Small Business Administration - Starting Your Business

http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/index.html

U.S. Congressional Hearing and Reports may be available electronically or in print or microform format. Check Scholar, the online catalog for specific titles (and links if available.) For example: Vertically Integrated Sports Programming - Are Cable Companies Excluding Competition? Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 109th Congress, 2nd Session, Dec. 7, 2006. KF 26 J8 2006za

FindLaw – Entertainment and Sports Law

http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/12entertainsport/index.html

  Associations:

http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/12entertainsport/02sports/associations.html

EU Sport - http://ec.europa.eu/sport/index_en.html

Olympics (Athens) – Doping Control Station

http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/athens2004/antidoping/index_uk.asp

Beijing 2008 - http://en.beijing2008.cn/

World Anti-Doping Agency   http://www.wada-ama.org/en/  (For Code and Standards)

     World Anti-Doping Code (2003)  http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/code_v3.pdf Richard W. Pound, Chair, International Olympic Committee's World Anti-Doping Agency -      Podcast of speech at the City Club of Cleveland Friday, Jan. 13, 2006 http://www.cityclub.org/content/podcasts/index/Podcasts.aspx

Court of Arbitration for Sport    http://www.tas-cas.org/

ASSER International Sports Law Centre 

Peace Palace Library - Bibliography on Sports Law   (with many links)

International Sports Law / Research Guide by Amy Burchfield / Globelex (Hauser Global Law School Program, N.Y.U. School of Law)  http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/International_Sports_Law.htm

SABR - Society for American Baseball Research -- The Business of Baseball - documents, some recent, some older

Westlaw - (All Databases > Materials by Area of Practice > Art, Entertainment, and Sports Law ) Searchable databases include law reviews, legal texts, news, forms, treatises, and other practice materials.

Andrews Entertainment Industry Litigation Reporter / Nov. 1996 - (Westlaw - ANENTILR )

Topics include breach of contract, copyright infringement, defamation of character, and antitrust.

FindLaw > Practice Areas > Entertainment & Sports Law > Sports Law

Research Assistance

The Law Library's Research Services librarians are available during their regularly scheduled hours, or via email to research.services@law.csuohio.edu and are glad to assist you in locating these or other resources to meet your needs.

This guide is also available on the web at

http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/SportsLawResourceGuide.htm

Marie Rehmar

Head of Reference Services

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library

Cleveland State University

Rev.6/7/07; 8/14/07;9/20/07