The fame game: The peculiarities of sports image rights in the United kingdom

Sport and the Media: Recent Economic, Legal, and Technological Developments: A Special Double Issue of trends in Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 101-116

  Haynes, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celebrities; Commodification of sport; Image rights; Player contracts; Soccer; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 85078651916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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