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................................................................................................. xi
List of Abbreviations........................................................................... xiii
CHAPTER 1 An Overview of the Sports Scenario Today............ 1
CHAPTER 2 The Role of the State and Sports Law..................... 37
CHAPTER 3 Gender Discrimination and other Conundrums......... 63
CHAPTER 4 Doping–The Plague of Sports .................................... 91
CHAPTER 5 Sports as Business ........................................................... 121
CHAPTER 6 Betting in Sports.............................................................. 165
CHAPTER 7 Sports Broadcasting......................................................... 189
CHAPTER 8 Labour and Contractual Issues in Sports ................. 217
CHAPTER 9 Violence in Sports and Sports Injuries...................... 253
CHAPTER 10 Taxation and Sports ...................................................... 283
CHAPTER 11 Sports Dispute Resolution............................................ 301
CHAPTER 12 Some Grey Areas in Sports Rules–A Digression..... 327
CONCLUSION............................................................................................ 349
AFTERWORD BY RAJU RAMCHANDRAN ................................................ 351
APPENDIX 1 National Sports Policy, 2001 ........................................ 355
APPENDIX 2 The Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory
Sharing with Prasar Bharati) 2007 ............................................. 363
APPENDIX 3 The Anti-Doping Rules:
National Anti-Doping Agency, India ......................................... 369
APPENDIX 4 The 2010 Prohibited List:
World Anti-Doping Code .............................................................. 433
APPENDIX 5 Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE)
Application Form ............................................................................. 441
APPENDIX 6 ICC Code of Conduct for Players and
Player Support Personnel.............................................................. 449
APPENDIX 7 Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act, 2008 ............ 491
APPENDIX 8 London Olympic Games and
Paralympic Games Act, 2006 ........................................................ 511
APPENDIX 9 Players’ Agents Regulations, 2008:
Under the FIFA Statutes................................................................ 571
APPENDIX 10 FIFA Regulations on the Status and
Transfer of Players.......................................................................... 589
APPENDIX 11 Participation Agreement ............................................. 623
APPENDIX 12 Standard Sponsorship Agreement ........................... 651
APPENDIX 13 Model Agreement Between Clubs
and Players........................................................................................ 663
About the Authors .............................................................................. 675
Select Bibliography ............................................................................. 677
Index ................................................................................................... 679
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