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NOTE: (1) First, make sure you read carefully the "Syllabus" -- especially the first section, "Purpose, Orientation and Format of Course."

(2) Then see, "Readings for First Weeks' Overview."

(3) If it was not assigned or otherwise brought to your attention in a prior class, read the instructor's "So You Want to Be a Lawyer: A Play in Four Acts". There's more to becoming a successful professional sports law lawyer than legal knowledge and analytical ability. (As Southwest Airlines puts it, "We hire for attitude and train for skills.") This easy read gives you some insight into what is going to be expected of you by the instructor for this class -- as well as, he believes, by the lawyers with whom you soon will be working.  -- N.J., December 14, 2011; December 19; January 3, 2012; Jan. 9, 12, 14, 26; February 25.

The first two to four class sessions we will do an overview of the course and casebook to give you a sense of the relatively broad sweep of issues and material contained within "Sports Law." See below. . . .

The order in which material is covered will vary from that in the book. We will average, with variations, approximately 20 pages per hour (30 per 1-1/2 hour class session), for 42 60-minute classroom hours (28 meetings during 14 weeks).

NOTE: The readings for the first weeks' sessions of the semester are found on another Web site, "Readings for First Weeks' Overview."

Tuesday of Week, 2012	Week of Semester	Material to be Discussed
January 10	1	Overview Readings and Questions
January 17	2	Overview Readings and Questions
January 24	3	Intercollegiate: Amateurism: pp. 845-63, 745-48;  Due Process and Judicial Scrutiny: pp. 748-59, 863-71, 821-22
January 31       _____       February 1	4	Panel: College Sports Future (and subject for first writing exercise); readings: Darley, Slatton, and Grant, "Guiding Principles for Intercollegiate Athletics," Big Ten (1995);  Branch, "The Shame of College Sports;" The Atlantic, Oct. 2011; Nocera, "Let’s Start Paying College Athletes," New York Times Magazine, Jan. 1, 2012; Joe Nocera, "Living in Fear of the N.C.A.A.," New York Times, January 24, 2012; National College Players Association, "Football Coaches' Salaries vs. Scholarship Shortfall (BCS Colleges)" [undated]; Michael Marot, "NCAA President Pushes to Clean Up College Sports," AP, Jan. 12, 2012; Johnson, "College Football Scandals Larger Lessons," Nov. 8, 2011   Commission & Olympics eligibility: pp. 1000-06, 1050-61 Pro Sports Commissioner: pp. 1-3, 8, 3-7, 14-21, 27-28, 30-48
February 7 _____ February 8	5	Title IX: pp. 925-27, 932-34, 946-65, Franklin v. Gwinnett (U.S., 1992) (summary; opinion Parts II.A., IV, and V); Title IX Guest Speaker/Discussion: Christine Grant
February 14	6	Drugs; Leagues: pp. 54-73; 539-43, 549-58
February 21	7	Franchises: pp. 586-604, 558-63, 606-18, 640-49
February 28	8	Contracts: pp. 91-94, 110-29; 135-61
March 6	9	Antitrust: pp. 182-202, 204-09; Labor: pp. 240-251, 255-63, 276-84
March 10-18		Spring Recess
March 20	10	Labor: pp. 290-297, 302, 308-10, 324-25, 339-49, 350-51; Antitrust & the NCAA: pp. 896-916
March 27	11	Agents: pp. 365-91, 399-405, 425-33
April 3	12	Sports Broadcasting, Merchandising, & Intellectual Property: pp. 434-37, 442-47, 449-63, 476-80, 484-88, 493-502, 504-511, 530-37
April 10	13	Torts & Sports: pp. 1086-1104; Workers' Compensation: pp. 1104-20
April 17	14	Break up the Big Leagues: pp. 742-44; Class Exercise