POS 170 21 A - Sports and Politics (Hybrid)

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Sports and Politics (POS 170)

Term: 2012-2013 Spring Semester

Schedule

Thu, 6:00 PM - 8:55 PM (1/14/2013 - 5/6/2013) Location: CMCC JAL 15

Description

POS 170 Sports and Politics
3 Credits (3 Lecture 0 Lab 0 Shop)
3 Hrs/Wk (3 Hrs. Lecture) *15 wks
This course will introduce the student to the relationships between sports and politics in the contemporary world. In particular, the course will analyze how politics and laws affect the structure and outcomes of sports and how sports affect the structure and con tent of politics and laws. Specifi cally, the course will focus on the following themes: civil rights and sports, the legal and fi scal environment of sports, federal and state and local government regulations of sports, com mercialism in sports and the globalization of sports. Both amateur and professional sports will be analyzed. The following specific sports and sporting events will be ana lyzed: the Olympics, baseball, soccer, hockey, and snowmobiling. In a more gener al way, football and basketball will also be analyzed. Within these, the following issues will be analyzed: the legal environment of competition and antitrust