What's Global Sports Law? The View from the Twittersphere

25 Pages Posted: 9 Mar 2020

Date Written: January 31, 2020

Abstract

Sports competitions are some of the oldest global activities and have been extensively organized and regulated on a global level. As a result, it is common to speak of global sports law. However, what is global about sports law and the extent of sports law’s globalization process is unclear. This article sheds new light on these questions by studying conversations about sports law on Twitter. It confirms the parallel existence of local and global sports law and identifies global sports law issues. However, it also reveals geographically-based differences in globalism and unexpected complexity.

Keywords: Sports Law, Global Law, Social Media, Twitter, Text Mining, Football, NFL

JEL Classification: K, K1

Suggested Citation

Lindholm, Johan, What's Global Sports Law? The View from the Twittersphere (January 31, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3540139 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3540139

Johan Lindholm (Contact Author)

Umeå University ( email )

Umeå University
Department of Law
Umeå, Umeå 901 87
Sweden
+46907865603 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.umu.se/en/staff/johan-lindholm/

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