In the backdrop of the recent expression of the intent of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs to enact a separate sports law in India and the widespread interest shared by the members of the Adhrit Legal community in every aspect of sports, we have tried to create a space for deliberation on various issues of sports, sports industry and law in India.
Sport is very much a part of popular culture and rarely cone comes across a person who does not share an interest in any aspect of sports. In the recent years, our consumption for anything sports has been increasingly satiated through diverse media and technological advancements. This interest has caught the attention of corporate world which are investing their image and brand in sporting codes, sporting events and individual sportspersons. This business environment is determining the massive inflow of money in sporting ventures and bodies along with the financial futures of the individual sportspersons. Though the thrust has always been on cricket in India, other games like tennis, football, boxing and basketball are keen on following the business of sports as successfully catapulted by cricket.
All of these have brought forward various legal issues associated with sports as a business and ethical domain including but not limited to intellectual property rights, broadcasting and marketing rights, infrastructure, sponsorship, licensing, doping, gender discrimination, sports contracts, the working of sports federations and disciplinary and regulatory issues of sports administration etc.
The Law of Sports Blog aims to debate and discuss these aspects of sporting laws to further the learning and academic initiatives of our Firm.
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