Master in Markets, Industry and Sports and Entertainment Law

CAMPUS: Madrid

START: September

STRUCTURE

Two phases:

Phase one: Classroom instruction:

• Classes from Monday to Thursday, in the afternoon.
• Some mornings per week students will attend conferences and practical sessions in offices and institutions collaborating with ISDE, with offices in the city of Madrid.
• Fridays are dedicated to personal study, group work and workshops.
• The program includes an academic stay at the University of Miami.

Second phase: Integration in internships:

• Obligatory phase. One academic semester in law firms or legal departments of big ISDE collaborating companies (more than 250) of national and international scope.

• Management of sports entities
• Sports agent
• Director of Advertising and Corporate Image
• Communications Officer
• Sports industry
• Human resources management
• Legal Advice for Sports Entities
• Treasury management

Module I – The international and national regulation of sport activity 

• The structured international organization
• The international organization in private associations.
• A model with its own characters: The Major Leagues of the United States.
• The role of international organizations in sport.
• The Spanish sports model.

Module II – Sports agents. 

• Sports entities.
• The athlete.
• The agent.
• The event organizers.
• Other sports agents: referees and coaches.
• The regulation of sports professions. Regulated professions and free movement.

Module III – Structure and content of the sports competition. 

• Official and unofficial competitions and sporting events.
• The structure of income and expenses of sports entities.

Module IV – The exploitation of sports activity 

• Rights of sports competitions.
• The management and national and international exploitation of rights.
• New forms of television and exploitation of rights.
• System of exploitation of cinematographic productions.
• Sports activity and competition law.

Module V – Brand exploitation and advertising. 

• Intellectual property.
• Industrial Property. Trademarks and trade names.
• Advertising and its forms.
• Sponsorship of sports activity.
• Marketing and sponsorship of sports activity.
• Provision of services in sporting events: external relations and protocol.
• Data protection regime.

Module VI – Sports activity as a support for other economic activities. 

• Game and bets.
• Videogames.

Module VII – Sports and informational activity. 

• Right to information.
• Retransmission rights.
• Exercise of the informative activity and its limits.

Module VIII – Conflict resolution in the field of sport 

• The general formulation of the extrajudicial conflict resolution systems. Submission, resolution and execution in Spain.
• Institutional models for conflict resolution in sport.
• Arbitration and mediation in sport.

Module IX – The governance of sports entities in today’s society 

• The governance of sports entities.
• Compliance and criminal liability of sports entities.
• Audit and other forms of control

Module X – The financial scheme of sport 

• Economic analysis of the sports industry.
• Profitability of sports spaces.
• Investment funds.
• Financing of sports entities through capital markets.

Module XI – Taxation of sports activity. 

• Taxation of professional athletes.
• Taxation of sports entities.
• Taxation of sporting events.
• Verification and inspection procedures.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Prof. D. Alberto Palomar Olmeda
Prof. D. Ramón Terol Gómez
Dña. Patricia Manca Díaz
D. José Rodríguez García

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Once the relevant Program has concluded and ISDE has verified that the STUDENT has completed their work satisfactorily, the STUDENT will receive the corresponding Degree certificate for each PROGRAM.

In compliance with current legality and, specifically, as set forth in article 4.4 of decree 84/2004, it is noted that ISDE’s programs are professionally oriented and therefore, unless explicitly stated otherwise, they are courses that do not lead to the acquisition of a title with official value, but to that of a proprietary title from ISDE.