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SPMT-352
Financing Sport Operations
This course is designed to prepare the prospective sport manager with an overview of the major financial issues facing the sport industry. An analysis of the following areas will be undertaken: sources of revenue for sports organizations, a comparison of public and private sector funding in sports, and investment of public resources into private sporting facilities. Students will analyze financial concepts and theories and their application in the professional, intercollegiate, recreational, and commercial sport industries. Topics include revenue and expenses of professional, intercollegiate, and private sport industries, issues affecting these revenues and expenses, fundraising at the intercollegiate level, ownership in sport, and public and private funding for non-profit sport programs.
SPMT-353
Introduction to Sport Law
This course is designed to address an increasing need for sport managers to
be aware of the legal implications of their managerial performance. This
course will introduce the legal issues facing those in the sports industry. The
application of legal principles is considered in relation to professional and
amateur sports. Student will analyze the legal and regularity aspects,
elements, and relationships for all constituents participating in sports;
administrators, coaches, athletes, agents, vendors, sponsors, faculty
managers and owners, and spectators. Seminal court cases are discussed.
Students will examine relevant issues in sport law through case studies and
in class court sessions.
SPMT-354
Administration & Organization of Sport O
This course examines the organization and administration of operations in professional sports, intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics, recreation and fitness, and sport broadcasting and promotion. The focus of each industry studied is on how organizations in the industry plan and structure their organizations in an effort to meet their goals and competitively position themselves within the industry. Each organization is studied in terms of its mission, planning and decision-making process, budgeting and allocation of resources, and policies governing the implementation of plans for human resources, production, marketing, and product development. These industries were chosen because they represent the diversity of sport management applications and offer the opportunity for comparative study. Teams of students will carry out case studies and work with various sport events.
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