Master in sports management and legal skills with FC.Barcelona

Master in sports management and legal skills with FC.Barcelona

This Master in Sports Management and Legal Skills in collaboration of FC.Barcelona has been designed for graduates in Law and Business and other people interested in developing their careers in the Sports Law World.

The applicants must be able to attend and dedicate one year to the program as a full-time student.

It is also compulsory for all the students to have a very good command of English language, as this will be the official language of the program and therefore all the lectures will be given in English.

The program, which duration exceeds 1500 hours of study, is divided into two phases:

1st phase: During this period, the student attends lectures every day at ISDE Academic Center in Barcelona and some classes at FCB

2nd phase: From 3 to 6 months in one of our collaborating entities. Each student will complete this internship phase at the premises of one of these collaborating entities of the Master, under the conditions and rules set by those entities. For this reason, the schedule for the second phase is subject to further modifications. The Graduation Ceremony takes place in FCB Stadium.

Top qualified Lawyers in specific issues from FIFA, UEFA, EPFL, FC.Barcelona, Bayern Múnich, Porto FC, Juventus de Turín, AC Milan, Zenit, Deportivo de la Coruña among others compose the list of Professors within the program.

NEXT EDITION: October 2016 to July 2017 (closing ceremony October 2017)

Objectives

- The method is based on a combination of study of cases.

- The study of cases gives students a general approach to the different subjects of the program. At the same time this particular method develops students’ agility for legal reasoning.

- On the other hand, the case study consists in analyzing, deeply and precisely, those particular aspects which are especially relevant in sports management and legal skills.

- This combined method aims at providing students with a work method which will allow them to face any kind of sports management and legal problem in future.

Executive Directors:

Miquel Terrasa Monasterio (Tax lawyer, specialist in Sports Law)

Javier Latorre Martínez (IUSPORT / Asociación Española de Derecho Deportivo executive)

This is the content of the preliminary program:

1. ORGANIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SPORTS

• International Federations

• Olympic International Committee and Olympic International Academy

• EU and sports organization

• Analysis of state structures

2. SPORT ENTITIES

• Clubs

• Groups

• Companies

• Foundations

• Other entities

• Financial structure (budget and budgetary control, insolvency)

• Good governance in sports institutions / Corporate Social Responsibility

• US system

3. MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF COMPETITIONS AND SPORT

• Contractual legal structures

• Financial structures

• Management and exploitation of sports facilities

4. REGULATION OF THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE IN SPORTS

• International regulations and their application

• Comparative analysis

5. SANCTIONS IN SPORTS

• Regulations and comparative analysis

6. DOPING AND SPORTS

• W.A.D.A, structure, organization and The World Anti-Doping Code

7. SPORTS ARBITRATION

• TAS: Structure and function

• International comparative study on arbitration tribunals

8. STATUS AND TRANSFERS OF PLAYERS

• Contract models

• Image rights contracts / Merchandising

• Transfers and loans of players (national/international)

• Influence of FIFA regulations (Statutes of players)

9. REPRESENTATION AND INTERMEDIATION

• Concept and execution

• Players’ Agents/FIFA

• European Agency contract model. State examples

• Minors

10. LABOUR REGULATION IN SPORTS

• Comparative analysis of state regulations

11. TAXATION SYSTEM IN SPORTS

• Comparative analysis

• Direct and undirect taxes

• Tax benefits

• Tax planning

• Taxation of income from exploitation of image rights

• Taxation of sponsorship

12. INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

• Players’ image rights

• Brands and distinctive signs

• Protection for Sports broadcasting rights

13. SPORTS SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENTS

• Definition. Comparative Law practical analysis

14. SPORTS MARKETING

• Concept

• Sport entities and sport events marketing

15. COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT IN THE SPORTS FIELD

• Managers

• Coaches

• Players

For more information, please contact  isdebarcelona@isdemasters.com

INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE DERECHO Y ECONOMÍA

ISDE BARCELONA

Tfo. 931 120 850