Purpose The purpose of this study was to analyzes the task related to job creation of sport industry sector in the 3rd(2019~2023) sport industry long-term plan and suggest possible revisions of the sport industry relevant laws. Methods This study focused on literature review on sport industry long-term plan, sport related legal and regulations reviews. To achieve the purpose of the study effectively, the legislative purpose and main contents of the Sports Industry Promotion Law were examined, and the legislation and amendment policy measures dealing with new job creation and reinforcement of sport industry manpower, according to sports industry long-term plan. Results First, To promote job creation in sport industry, the provision of sport relevant laws including fostering sport industry specialized manpower, settling down the system to meet the demands of industrial sites and establishing specialized higher education institutions that can strengthen their capabilities. Second, as the paradigm of creating jobs value added in sport industry has changed into a state-of-the-art convergence-and-composite based system such as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, legal systems that can reflect and implement it is urgently needed. Therefore, institutionally preemptive measures should be established before being new technological wave settled down in advance. Third, the development of a curriculum with substantial resources for strengthening the practical competency of sport industry manpower should be continued, and a revision of sport related laws on securing the budget is required. Conclusions By revising the current sport industry associated laws, it is expected to build a cornerstone on promoting job creation in sport industry.
