Tag: fantasy sports

Fantasy sports have more recently grown in popularity in the world outside the US, raising a number of novel legal questions. The ISLJ wants to support fruitful global discussions about these questions through a special issue. We welcome contributions from different jurisdictions analyzing fantasy sports from the perspective of various areas of law including, but not limited to, intellectual property law, gambling law, and competition law.

This special issue will approach the field of history of fantasy sport in a broad sense. While fundamentally historical, it will also be interdisciplinary in nature, welcoming work by scholars of sport in related disciplines, including, but not limited to, communication studies, journalism, media studies, sport management, philosophy, American studies, and law.

While brief histories of fantasy sport have appeared in print, little research has been done into the conditions of possibility—the historical, economic, political, and social forces—that spurred its emergence and growth. To address this omission, IJHS will publish a special issue dedicated to original and nuanced genealogies of fantasy sport that will approach the field of history in a broad sense.

In this special issue, we propose to open previously unexplored avenues for fantasy sports research that will broaden the geographical, historical, cultural and intercultural, theoretical, philosophical, and/or disciplinary scope of the field and spark future study

Fandom, Fantasy, and Fitness The 2nd Annual Rockford College Sports Studies Symposium, April 19, 2013 http://sportsethicist.com/2012/09/27/cfa-fandom-fantasy-and-fitness-rockford-college-sports-studies-symposium/ Grace Roper Lounge Rockford College 5050 E. State. St. Rockford, IL 61108 Fans play a central...