Institutionalised Exploitation of U.S. College Basketball and Football Players: A Case for Protection of Employees' Rights

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2516410" target="_blank" >http://ssrn.com/abstract=2516410</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2516410" target="_blank" >10.2139/ssrn.2516410</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Institutionalised Exploitation of U.S. College Basketball and Football Players: A Case for Protection of Employees' Rights

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article deals with the institutionalised exploitation of U.S. college basketball and football players competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) top conferences. It is argued that the pretentious notion of maintaining "amateurism in college sports", through the prohibition of payments to the athletes and other restrictions on outside compensation, should no longer shroud the commercial nature of this enterprise. What has been created are professional leagues with well-paid and highly expert trainers and managers. This article considers such leagues under Czech and German labour law, with the objective of characterising and highlighting the unjust treatment of the participating athletes. The article is divided into five parts. The first part provides an introduction as well as clarification of the significance of labour and social rights in Europe. The second part describes the concept of a U.S. college athletic scholarship, summarises NCAA rules regarding a

Název v anglickém jazyce

Institutionalised Exploitation of U.S. College Basketball and Football Players: A Case for Protection of Employees' Rights

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article deals with the institutionalised exploitation of U.S. college basketball and football players competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) top conferences. It is argued that the pretentious notion of maintaining "amateurism in college sports", through the prohibition of payments to the athletes and other restrictions on outside compensation, should no longer shroud the commercial nature of this enterprise. What has been created are professional leagues with well-paid and highly expert trainers and managers. This article considers such leagues under Czech and German labour law, with the objective of characterising and highlighting the unjust treatment of the participating athletes. The article is divided into five parts. The first part provides an introduction as well as clarification of the significance of labour and social rights in Europe. The second part describes the concept of a U.S. college athletic scholarship, summarises NCAA rules regarding a

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AG - Právní vědy

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2014

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Charles University in Prague Faculty of Law Research Paper

ISSN

2336-5811

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

1

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3 October 30, 2014

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

1-13

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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