Online Discussion Contribution (weighted at 100%) assessing
learning outcomes 1-4: Participants will be assessed on their individual contributions during an asynchronous online discussion forum, which has a focus on a current issue(s) in sports law.

Students are required to show an informed and at the same time critical understanding of the fundamental legal principles which apply to individual sportsmen and women. Including a consideration of:
- Players' contracts, including formation, performance and
termination.
- Player transfers and the legality of transfer rules both pre and post-Bosman.
- Civil liability for on-field conduct and the role of insurance.
- The use of criminal law to respond to / punish misconduct on the field of play

1. SHOW A SYSTEMATIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW AND HOW IT APPLIES TO INDIVIDUAL SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN
Knowledge & Understanding

2. CRITICALLY EVALUATE AND REVIEW THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE LAW IN AN ATHLETIC SPORTING RELATIONSHIP
Analysis
Reflection

3. COMMUNICATE CLEARLY WHAT COMPLEXITIES EXIST IN THIS AREA AND DISPLAY ORIGINALITY IN SOLVING PROBLEMS AND IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THE ATHLETE’S OBJECTIVES Communication

4. DEMONSTRATE INITIATIVE AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN IDENTIFYING AND INTEGRATING RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE TO ENHANCE YOUR INTERPRETATION OF HOW THE CIVIL AND/OR CRIMINAL LAW APPLIES WITHIN SPORT
Application
Learning

This module will be delivered through a series of 5 x 1-2 hour seminars supported by your research and personal study. Formative assessment on the online discussion forum will be used to encourage research on the subject area.

SCHEDULED LEARNING & TEACHING ACTIVITIES
10 hours of online seminars. You will be expected to post answers onto the discussion forum in advance of the seminar to enable wider discussion of the topic. A live 'Webinar' will be held during each seminar session (5 x 1-2 hours synchronous contact) based on the posted answers in order to give you generic and personal feedback and to facilitate further discussion on the topic.

GUIDED & INDEPENDENT STUDY
Principally this will consist of study to consolidate and develop an understanding of material presented in whole group and online sessions, preparation for work to be undertaken prior to the webinars, and research and preparation relating to the coursework assignment. Guided study will involve the utilisation of information technology (specifically the module blackboard pages and use of relevant legal electronic databases such as Westlaw, Lexis, LawTel etc) which enables interaction with relevant material, at a pace and time convenient to the user. You will be provided with general guidance in the module study guide and receive specific guidance and training where needed.
(140 hours)

Access to appropriate texts and material via module Blackboard site

S Gardiner and others, SPORTS LAW (Cavendish, London 4th edn: 2012)
A Lewis & J Taylor (eds), SPORT LAW & PRACTICE (Butterworths, Nexis, 3rd edn: 2014)
M James, SPORTS LAW (Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters, Basingstoke, 2nd edn: 2013)