SMGT 505 - Legal Issues in Sport

SMGT 505 Discussion Board Forums (3)

The student will participate in 3 Discussion Board Forums intended for interactive reflection. Each forum assignment will be completed in two parts: 1) the student will post a thread in response to the instructor’s prompt and 2) the student will then post replies to the threads of 3 other classmates. Each thread must be at least 400 words and the three replies must be at least 200 words each.

SMGT 505 Legal Issues Paper: Annotated Bibliography

Before beginning the Legal Issues Paper, the student will create an annotated bibliography consisting of 10 peer-reviewed sources. It must not summarize the article or book, nor must it list the article's content; rather, it must briefly explain 1) the author’s main point or argument; 2) the author’s method or approach; and 3) the place of the piece in the literature as a whole (e.g., does the author agree with other scholars?). The bibliography as a whole must provide a solid overview of the existing state research in the area that the student is studying.

SMGT 505 Legal Issues Paper

The student will research a topic in sport law and write a 10–15-page paper that integrates the research with one specific sport or recreation of his/her choosing. Once the research is complete, the student will compose a thesis that unifies the research, using the findings to support the paper’s main ideas. Fifteen articles and five case studies must be cited. The paper should have a title page, abstract, and references page (these are not included in the total page count); all content must be formatted in current APA style.

SMGT 505 Special Events Contingency Planning Certificate

The student will take a 5-hour web-based mini-course offered through FEMA's Emergency Management Institute, which will provide information related to pre-event planning, forming the planning team, event hazard analysis, and responding to incidents during special events in any community. This mini-course will provide universal guidelines regarding contingency planning for special events of all sizes, and it will provide instruction for how to use the Incident Command System (ICS) as an efficient way of managing special events. Upon completion of the mini-course, and successfully passing the accompanying exam, students will submit the FEMA certificate as proof of course completion.

SMGT 505 Risk Management Presentation

The student will submit a 15–20-slide PowerPoint presentation that applies a portion of their Legal Issues Paper to the process of risk management. More specifically, the student will use the identified legal issues (from his/her previously completed paper), and develop a risk management plan to mitigate the issues for managerial practice. The presentation will be submitted as if it is intended to train employees on the process, plan, and practical treatments of risk management.

SMGT 505 Midterm Exam

The midterm exam will be utilized to measure the student’s ability to recall, analyze, and apply the concepts covered in the first four modules of the course. The student must choose 4 essay questions out of 13 questions provided. Each essay answer must cite 2 resources that have not yet been used in the course. The midterm’s answers should be submitted in a Word document.