COR 394 SPORTS, BUSINESS, AND ENTERTAINMENT
Students will investigate the interaction between economic and social forces and policies in college and professional athletics. Coverage will include the major sports of baseball, football, basketball and hockey, as well as golf and soccer, among others. Topics will include the NCAA and its standards, the payment to student-athletes debate, gambling in sports, free agency and its impact, and women's athletics. Ties between the forces and policies that confront sports figures will be compared to those confronting society in general. Class will be a combination of lecture, guest speakers and discussion and will require readings. This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study.