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Sports and the Law: A Comprehensive Bibliography of Law-Related Materials By FRANK G. HOUDEK Reference Librarian, Los Angeles County Law Library. B.A., University of Californiaat Los Angeles, 1971; J.D. (Order of the Coif), UCLA School of Law, 1974; M.L.S., UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1976. Member, State Bar of California. The author gratefully wishes to acknowledge the assistance of William T. Ford, Alaska State Law Librarian, in the preparationof an earlier version of this work. [The table of contents below has been prepared to facilitate use of the following Bibliography] TABLE OF CONTENTS I. BOOKS ....... 178 II. PRACTISING LAW INSTITUTE PROGRAM MATERIALS ............................... 181 III. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS A. Antitrust and Sports ............ 185 B. Amateur Athletics ........................ 188 C. Broadcasting Professional Sports .............. 189 D. Crime and Sports ......................... 193 E. Professional Sports ....................... 194 F. Taxation and Sports ....................... 196 IV. ALR ANNOTATIONS ......................... 197 V. LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIA ..................... 197 VI. LAW REVIEW ARTICLES A. Amateur Athletics 1. Government of Amateur Athletics ........... 200 2. College Athletics ...................... 200 3. High School Athletics ................... 201 4. International .......................... 201 B. Antitrust ............................... 202 C. Broadcasting ............................ 206 177 178 CoMm/ENT [Vol. 2 D. Discrimination in Athletics 1. Racial Discrimination .......... ....... 207 2. Sex Discrimination ............ ..... 207 E. Labor Relations 1. In General .................. .... 209 2. Arbitration .................. .. .. 209 3. Collective Bargaining .. .... 210 4. Contracts-Enforcement Problems ........... 210 5. Discipline ..... .... 212 6. "Freedom Issues" ........... 212 (e.g. reserve clause, option clause, draft, Rozelle rule) 7. Players' Associations .................... 214 F. Taxation ........................... ..... 215 G. Violence and Injury in Sport 1. Criminal Liability ...................... 216 2. Civil Liability ......................... 216 H. Miscellaneous ............................ 219 I. BOOKS American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts, Annotated. San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney and Rochester, N.Y.: Lawyers Co-operative Pub. Co. Volume 22: Football Injuries (pp. 287-384) Introductory Comment; Injury Prevention; Nature & Design of Pro- tective Equipment; Care of Injured Player; Proofs with Authorities. American Jurisprudence Trials. San Francisco: Bancroft- Whitney; Rochester, N.Y.: Lawyers Co-operative Pub. Co., 1964. Volume 7: Contact Sports Injury Cases (pp. 213-278) Preliminary Matters; Prima Facie Case; Client Inter- views; Witnesses; Preparation of Demonstrative Evi- dence; Parties; Pleadings; Pretrial Procedure; Trial. Appenzeller, Herb. Athletics and the Law. Charlottesville, Va.: Michie Co., 1975. 262 pp. Cal Practice. San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney, 1970. Volume 15: Chap. 251 (§251:1-251:24)-Action for In- jury to Participant in Athletic Contest. No. 1] SPORTS BIBLIOGRAPHY 179 Dunkle, Margaret C. Title IX: What It Means and Doesn't Mean to Athletic Programs. Washington: Asso- ciation of American Colleges, Project on the Status and Education of Women, 1976. 24 pp. "Immaculata Conference: Women in Sports, November 11, 1976." Gallner, Sheldon. Pro Sports: The Contract Game. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. 231 pp. CONTENTS: I. TURNING PRO.: Overview, The pros and college coaches, The player draft, The basketball hardship rule, Alternatives to the player draft; II. THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS: Playing the contract game, The Manchurian candidate approach, The "aren't you lucky?" approach, The amicus curiae ap- proach, Gaining the athlete's confidence; III. AGENTS VS. ATTORNEYS: What is an agent? Attorneys and the athlete, Ethical considerations; IV. SUBSTAN- TIVE NEGOTIATIONS: Negotiating the Standard player contract, Salary negotiations, Amendments to the Standard player contract, Contract clauses subject to negotiation; V. THE LEAGUE JUMPERS: Salaries: the motivating force, To play or not to play out the option, The SPC as a personal service contract; VI. THE OWNERS: WHY THEY INVEST: Introduction, Community benefits, Financial considerations, Conclu- sion; VII. THE FUTURE: Introduction, Does the player get a fair shake? Does the fan get a fair shake? APPENDIX (FORMS): Standard Representation Agreement; Athlete's Acceptance of a Representation Agreement; National Basketball Association Uniform Player Contract; World Team Tennis, Inc. Standard Player's Contract; American Football League Bonus Clause, Salary Advance Clause; Specimen Contract Between Club A and Superstar Jones Committing Club to Dolgoff Plan 71; World Hockey League Uniform Player Contract, Section 16 (Arbitration). Government and the Sports Business: papers prepared for a conference of experts, with an introduction and sum- mary. Roger G. Noll, editor. (Studies in the Regulation of Economic Activity) Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1974. 445 pp. 180 CoMm/ENT [Vol. 2 CONTENTS: 1. The U.S. sports industry: an introduc- tion (R. Noll); 2. The economic theory of a professional sports league (J. Quirk & M. El Hodiri); 3. The social benefits of restrictions on team quality (M. Canes); 4. Attendance and price setting (R. Noll); 5. Taxation and sports enterprises (B. Okner); 6. Labor relations in sports (J. Scoville); 7. Discrimination: the case of base- ball (G. Scully); 8. Sports broadcasting (I. Horowitz); 9. Subsidies of stadiums and arenas (B. Okner); 10. Self-regulation of baseball, 1909-71 (L. Davis); 11. Sports leagues and the Federal antitrust laws (S. Riv- kin); 12. Alternatives in sports policy (R. Noll). BIBLI- OGRAPHY. Grieve, Andrew W. The Legal Aspects of Athletics. South Brunswick, N.J.: A.S. Barnes, 1969. 183 pp. INCLUDES: 3) Supervision and Negligence 4) Medical Aspects and Liability 6) Legal Aspects of Spectator Injuries 9) The Legality of Eligibility Standards Determined by Local School Officials 12) The Legal Aspects of State Athletic Associations Sobel, Lionel. Professional Sports and the Law. New York: Law-Arts Publishers, 1977. 839 pp. CONTENTS: 1. Professional Sports and the Antitrust Laws: The Anomaly That is Baseball. 2. Reserve and Option Clauses [origins; current systems; enforceabil- ity in court by teams; legality of intra-league non-judi- cial enforcement; rationale; alternatives]. 3. The Player Draft [current draft rules; purposes of draft; objections to the draft; legality of the draft]. 4. Profes- sional Sports and the Labor Laws players associations; collective bargaining. 5. Inter-League "Wars". 6. League Mergers and Other Forms of Peace. 7. Disci- pline and Eligibility [nature and purpose; legality]. 8. Buying and Moving Team Franchises. 9. Professional Sports and the Tax Laws: Tax Aspects of Team and League Operations [teams as tax shelters; depreciation and amortization; player contract amortization; the Atlanta Falcons case; proposed tax legislation]. 10. No. 1] SPORTS BIBLIOGRAPHY 181 Professional Sports Broadcasting [blackouts; cable tel- evision; pay television]. APPENDIX H (FORMS): Uniform players Con- tract-baseball; Standard Player Contract, NFL; Uni- form Player Contract-NBA; NHL Standard Player's Contract; World Hockey Association-Player's Con- tract; World Team Tennis, Inc.-Standard Player's Contract. Woolf, Bob. Behind Closed Doors. New York: Atheneum, 1976. 300 pp. II. PRACTISING LAW INSTITUTE PROGRAM MATERI- ALS Counseling Professional Athletes and Entertainers. M.E. Blackman & M.I.R. Eolis, Chairmen (Tax law and practice handbook series, no. 17) New York, PLI, 1970. INCLUDES: 3) The Role of the Agent and Manager in Representing Professional Athletes in Team Sports (M. Black- man) A Standard Football Player Contract B Canadian Football Player Contract C Hockey League Players Contract D Basketball Player's Contract 4) Representing the Athlete in Endorsements and Ad- vertising (M. Blackman) A Television Film Commercial Contract B Endorsement Agreement 5) The Role of the Player's Association in Representing Baseball Players (M. Miller) A Basic Agreement Between Baseball Player's Association and Baseball Clubs B Summary of Baseball Basic Agreement 6) The Role of the Player's Association in Representing Football Players (D. Augustine) A Football League Salary Advance Clause B Football League Bonus Clause C Football League No-Cut Clause D Football League No-Trade Clause 7) The Role of the Agent and Manager in Representing