What is Sports Law?
Sports Law is a branch of law that systematically examines the rules of law related to sports activities and sports organizations.
When we go into detail from the above-mentioned summary definition, the subject of Sports Law; the rules regulating the rights and obligations of the athletes, the structure, activities and relations of sports organizations, the actions, obligations and responsibilities of the managers of sports life, especially the trainers, the behaviors of sports real and legal persons, the principles and practices of fair play in sports, the legal existence of judicial bodies in sports and It is a branch of law that includes the rules for resolving their disputes on the basis of procedure and substance.
Sports law has some characteristic features. The fact that national and international sports organizations can make detailed regulations regarding their own sports branches independently of the law of their own states means that sports law has a self-regulating system.
On the other hand, the fact that the rules of national and international sports organizations and the rules of national and international law are in force at the same time and together is due to the dual nature of sports law. In sports law, which has the characteristics of a mixed branch of law; Civil law, intellectual and artistic works law, commercial law, competition law and many other fields of law are also encountered, and no restrictions can be made in terms of branches of law.
The most common sports law disputes in our country; It creates football disputes due to social interest, economic share and volume. These disputes are the disputes between the athlete and the sports club or the trainer and the sports club due to the non-payment of the progress payments. A special application mechanism has been established, taking into account the quantity of disputes in the football sector and the need for urgent resolution. The application authority for the said disputes is the Dispute Resolution Board established under the Turkish Football Federation. As a result of the examinations of a chairman and two members, the decision is made by majority of votes in accordance with the regulations and the relevant legislation accepted by the Turkish Football Federation. The parties can apply to the arbitration board against the decisions rendered.
Our office; In the field of Sports Law, he provides services in the fields of discipline, resolution of rights and claims in the national and international fields, and establishment of contractual relations.
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