Законодательное регулирование трудовых отношений профессиональных спортсменов и тренеров в России: история и современное состояние

Теоретическая и прикладная юриспруденция. 2023. № 2. С. 93–105.

Попов Г. А.

The article examines the history of the formation of legislative regulation of labor relations of “special subjects” of labor
law of the Russian Federation — professional athletes and coaches (sports subjects), as well as the current state of
legal regulation of these relations. The author comes to the conclusion that the regulatory and legal regulation of the
labor activity of sports subjects in Russia has a short history, equal to about three decades: until the end of the 80s
of the XX century, professional sports were not given due attention by the state, and the relations that existed in this
area were not properly regulated, which hindered the development of professional sports and created threats to the
violation of the rights and legitimate interests of athletes and coaches. After the collapse of the USSR, the regulatory
regulation of labor relations of sports subjects went through several stages, each of which had an invaluable impact
on the development of professional sports in the Russian Federation. As a result of “trial and error”, a fairly extensive
regulatory framework was created, which made it possible to achieve stability and legality in regulating the work of
professional athletes and coaches. However, a number of legal confl icts and gaps that need to be addressed still
remain.

Keywords: трудовые отношения, professional sports, профессиональный спорт, legislative regulation, законодательное регулирование, labor relations, professional athletes and coaches, history of normative regulation, профессиональные спортсмены и тренеры, история нормативного регулирования