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15 J. Bus. Entrepreneurship & L. 283 (2022)
USeSPA? Exploring the Idea of a U.S. Esports Regulatory Authority

handle is hein.journals/jbelw15 and id is 285 raw text is: USESPA? EXPLORING THE IDEA OF A U.S. ESPORs REGULATORY AUTHORITY JUSTIN HUNG I. INTRODU CTION .........................................................................283 II. BACKGROUND: ESPORTS IN A NUTSHELL ................................286 III. PRESENT REGULATORY STRUCTURES......................................289 IV. OVERVIEW OF LEGAL ISSUES ..............................................293 A. Employment: Labor Laws and Contract Disputes...............294 B. Immigration .........................................................................299 C. Antitrust via Intellectual Property Rights............................ 302 D . G am bling .............................................................................306 E. Discrimination & Harassment.............................................310 F. Market Participant M isconduct...........................................315 V. ESPORTS REGULATORY BODIES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS .....319 A. KeSPA, the Korean Esports Association ............................319 B. JESF, the Japanese Electronic Sports Federation .............323 C. The United Kingdom Esports Association and its heir, the British Esports Association .......................................................... 328 D. The World Esports Association, the International Esports Federation, and the Esports Integrity Coalition ..........................329 VI. LOOKING AT OTHER AMERICAN SPORTS AUTHORITIES......333 VII. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A MONOLITHIC REGULATOR.........338 VIII. FEATURES OF A MONOLITHIC BODY ...................................344 IX. CONCLUSION: GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN ................................... 348 I. INTRODUCTION In October 2013, Bryant Gumbel and a host of commentators held a discussion on competitive video gaming called esports.' The event that ' HBO Sports, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBO SPORTS (Oct. 2013), https://www.hbo.com/#sports/video&assetlD=GOROSTGP41467?videoMode= embeddedVideo/; see also Samit Sarkar, HBO's Real Sports Debates the Merits

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