Law and Sports in India, Development Issues and Challenges

Law and Sports in India is a timely work on sports law that examines the increasing commercialisation of sports today and the challenges faced by sportspersons, event organisers and sports federations. This wide ranging work covers crucial current issues like betting, doping controversies, gender discrimination and unresolved questions relating to broadcasting law and taxation of earnings from sports.

The author takes into account decisions of the Indian judiciary as well as courts worldwide and helps to raise awareness about legal issues that are of vital importance in sports.

This book will be of interest to sportspersons, sports administrators, sports institutions, regulatory bodies, lawyers and most of all, sports lovers.

Preface
List of Abbreviations

CHAPTER 1 An Overview of the Sports Scenario Today
CHAPTER 2 The Role of the State and Sports Law
CHAPTER 3 Gender Discrimination and other Conundrums
CHAPTER 4 Doping–The Plague of Sports
CHAPTER 5 Sports as Business
CHAPTER 6 Betting in Sports
CHAPTER 7 Sports Broadcasting
CHAPTER 8 Labour and Contractual Issues in Sports
CHAPTER 9 Violence in Sports and Sports Injuries
CHAPTER 10 Taxation and Sports
CHAPTER 11 Sports Dispute Resolution
CHAPTER 12 Some Grey Areas in Sports Rules–A Digression

CONCLUSION
AFTERWORD BY RAJU RAMCHANDRAN
APPENDIX 1 National Sports Policy, 2001
APPENDIX 2 The Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) 2007
APPENDIX 3 The Anti-Doping Rules: National Anti-Doping Agency, India
APPENDIX 4 The 2010 Prohibited List: World Anti-Doping Code
APPENDIX 5 Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) Application Form
APPENDIX 6 ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel
APPENDIX 7 Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act, 2008
APPENDIX 8 London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act, 2006
APPENDIX 9 Players’ Agents Regulations, 2008: Under the FIFA Statutes
APPENDIX 10 FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players
APPENDIX 11 Participation Agreement
APPENDIX 12 Standard Sponsorship Agreement
APPENDIX 13 Model Agreement Between Clubs and Players
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Index