Sports Law and Society: Rules of the Game , Second Edition stands out for its exceptional depth and practical approach, offering a comprehensive, concise and clear examination of the legal challenges shaping today''s sports industry. Designed to engage students, it covers foundational topics like contracts, collective bargaining, and intellectual property in sports while exploring complex, evolving issues such as gender equity, the global sports ecosystem, and data analytics in performance. Each chapter provides real-world examples and cases, giving students an applied understanding of how legal principles operate within professional, college, and youth sports. By balancing established legal doctrines with emerging topics-including artificial intelligence, digital media, athlete mental health, and the future of sports-this book equips readers with both historical context and foresight, making it particularly relevant for a dynamic field. What sets this book apart is its critical focus on recent developments, with dedicated sections on the international governing bodies that impact sports law globally and discussions on ethical challenges, from athlete privacy in data analytics to collective bargaining rights. Updated chapters from this second edition provide current case law, essential references, and legal frameworks for understanding issues like contracts and data analytics, making it an invaluable resource for classroom use. Adaptable for various course structures, the book encourages students to critically engage with pressing questions in sports law, fostering a holistic understanding that prepares them for future careers. Ideal for courses on sports management, digital media, and law, this book is a unique tool for educators aiming to cultivate a deep, thoughtful perspective on sports and the law.

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Michael E. Jones, Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, has spent decades at the intersection of ethics, technology, law and the humanities, helping students and professionals alike explore a world increasingly shaped by rapid digital transformation. For more than forty years, he has taught university courses that probe the ethical boundaries of emerging technologies, governance rules, and intellectual property and how these forces are reshaping our understanding of creativity, law, sports, and the arts.
He has authored nine foundational books about sports law, entertainment law, and art law and has advised Olympic athletes, museums, and creative professionals at every level from PBS TV stars to street artists. But just as critically, he has pushed audiences to ask hard questions about fairness, authorship, and the human consequences of technological progress.
His latest book, soon to be published by Bloomsbury later this year, What Art Is Now: Creativity in the Age of AI, tackles one of the most urgent: What happens to human creativity when machines can mimic or even replace it?
Michael earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from Denison University, followed by an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He went on to receive his law degree from the University of Miami and pursued further graduate degree studies in law and art at Harvard University. He studied fine art at the Art Students League and the New Hampshire Institute of Art, co-edited with his wife, Christine, a book on legendary photo-journalist Rowland Scherman, co-produced with Christine a film documentary on esteemed painter Nancy Ellen Craig, and has served on boards from Provincetown to academia to the Olympics.

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"This sports law and management textbook offers an in-depth look at the legal principles, current issues, and ethical challenges shaping the sports industry today, making it an essential guide for students and professionals alike. This second edition covers the technological advancements and cultural shifts over the past decade"--