A | B |
benefits of major league championship | increased tickets sales, increased licensed merchandise, increased sponsorship |
unfair trade practice | trademark infringement |
licensed product sales | sports organizations use their trademarks to make money from these |
injunction | court order that stopsa certain activity until the trial |
Sherman Antitrust Act | law that makes restraining free trade and competition illegal |
Exempt | In 1922 what the courts ruled the sport of baseball was because baseball teams were local operations |
Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 | Law that allows major professional sports leagues to prevent certain games from being shown in certain territories |
Blackout | When a league blocks the broadcast of a certain game in a certain territory |
Right of privacy | An athlete has the right to seclusion |
Right of publicity | Protects athlete's identities for financial gain |
Book, magazine, news | Where an athlete's/celebritie's image can be used without their permission |
Sports/Event Marketers | These people must be concerned with security because they want a favorable image for their team |
Official ticket outlets | Where to buy tickets that you know won't be counterfeit |
scalping | reselling tickets for more than face value |
E-bay type sites | these have made ticket resale very hard to regulate |
prize indemnity insurance | this is used to protect sportsorganizations form loss of income due to contest awards |
The National Labor Relations Act | Law that gives workers the right to organize into unions |
Collective Bargaining | employees joining together as a single unit to negotiate with managment is known as |
Player's association | unions in professional sports |
Free agency | This allows athletes to move from team to team |