Overview
This unique program blends sports, law, and business from a nationally ranked law school with world-class faculty, including MLB Commissioner Emeritus Allan H. “Bud” Selig. Phoenix is a destination for sports professionals, boasting opportunities for working, learning, and volunteering in every major industry in American sports.
The Sports Law and Business MSLB program from Arizona State University provides students with the training to understand the regulatory and revenue forces that drive the increasingly global sports industry: legal, policy, business, branding and marketing. The program uses a small class environment to deliver a problem- and project-based legal and business curriculum taught by recognized academic and professional leaders. That curriculum, together with an applied project, prepares students with the skills necessary to address the difficult issues present in the sports industry.
Career Opportunities
This program prepares graduates for a career in the sports industry in the highest levels of sports, such as the NBA, NFL, NCAA, MLB or PGA.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- U.S. Law & Legal Analysis in Sports Business
- Amateur Sports Law
- Professional Sports Law
- Sports Analytics
- Sports Business Strategies: Executive Decision Making
- Sports Marketing
- Personal & Business Branding in Sports
- Sports Big Events: Legal, Business & Operations Issues
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
- Part-time
- 24 months
- Flexible
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Disciplines
Sports Management Business Law Sports Sciences View 310 other Masters in Sports Management in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
- A minimum of a bachelor's degree is required from a regionally accredited four year college or university in the United States or a comparable degree from a foreign institution.
All applicants must submit:
- complete MSLB application for admission submitted through the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
- application fee
- official transcripts
- resume that does not exceed three typed pages
- statement of interest that does not exceed 1,250 words
- two letters of recommendation
- writing sample no less than two typed pages
- explanations to affirmative answers to any conduct questions
- proof of English proficiency
Tuition Fee
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International
36888 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 36888 USD per year during 12 months. -
National
36888 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 36888 USD per year during 12 months. -
In-State
31308 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 31308 USD per year during 12 months.
Living costs for Tempe Junction
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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