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

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.