Contracts — An Excerpt from Sports Law: Cases, Documents and Materials

(Editor’s Note: What follows is an excerpt Sports Law: Cases, Documents and Materials, written by Walter T. Champion, Jr., the George Foreman Professor of Sports & Entertainment Law at Texas Souther University.)   The legal glue that holds the employment relationship together between athlete and team is contracts. A valid contract is formed when both parties intend the act of signing to be the last act in the formation of a valid contract. Contracts in sports define the rights and respons