The legal regulation of professional sports: current state and challenges – a comparative legal analysis

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This article discusses the concept of Nazarov Shokir Xidirbayevich. (2025). The legal regulation of professional professional sports, its emergence, various and sports: current state and challenges – a comparative legal analysis. The distinctive features of sports. At the same time, the American Journal of Political Science Law and Criminology, 7(05), 220–224. https://doi.org/10.37547/tajpslc/Volume07Issue05-24 opinions of foreign scientists and domestic scientists who have conducted scientific research in this area, as well as the experience of foreign countries, are analyzed. In addition, the history of legal regulation of COPYRIGHT professional sports, as well as the evolution of legal © 2025 Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the creative commons attributes 4.0 License. regulation, is explored. The formation of legal documents regulating professional sports in national legislation and existing problems in legislation were also studied. Although the legal regulation of professional sports by sports organizations has been developing for a long time, how government regulation of this area occurs is being discussed. Keywords: Professional sports, legal regulation, International Olympic Committee, National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan, sports agents. Introduction: In the Republic of Uzbekistan, it is difficult to say that professional sports are sufficiently regulated by the legal documents governing physical education and sports relations. Although the concept of professional sports is mentioned in the legislation, it is described as a part of sports related to the organization and conduct of sports competitions, where athletes participate as their main activity and receive rewards and/or salaries for their preparation and participation [1]. The origin and development of the concept of professional sports has been the subject of numerous scientific studies conducted by researchers. Certain The American Journal of Political Science Law and Criminology 220 https://www.theamericanjournals.com/index.php/tajpslc The American Journal of Political Science Law and Criminology issues related to the legal regulation of professional image, or sports achievements for advertising purposes relations in the field of sports have been explored in during the Olympic Games. the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by In this regard, despite the tendency toward scholars such as S.V. Alekseev, K.N. Gusov, O.A. convergence in the legal status of professional and Shevchenko, A.A. Solovyov, V.N. Platonov, S.I. Guskov, amateur athletes, we can conclude that the distinction V.E. Gorshkov, and others [2], Similarly, in other between professional and amateur sports remains foreign countries, scholars such as M. Beloff, T. Kerr, A. significant. At the same time, it can be said that Johnson, J. Frey, J. Nafziger, and others have studied professional sports and Olympic sports represent two this issue in their scientific research [3]. separate poles with distinct focuses and high- In addition, scholars have conducted scientific research performance expectations. on the concept of professional sport, its origins, its Professional sport primarily belongs to the domain of distinctions from other types of sports, and its unique economic relations. At its core, it is designed to create characteristics, presenting their views to the scientific opportunities for spectators to provide rewards to community. professional athletes and competition organizers. M.G. Vulakh emphasizes that the formation of the Olympic sport, on the other hand, focuses mainly on concept of professional sport emerged as a result of preparation for and participation in the Olympic Games, the differences between Olympic sports and amateur with its effectiveness measured by outcomes in the sports, as well as the distinctive diversity between Games — such as the number of medals won and the them. N.A. Ovchinnikova, commenting on the unofficial team rankings of national squads. historical background of the concept of professional During the analysis of scientific research, several unique sport, stated that it initially emerged as the opposite of features have been identified that help distinguish the concept of amateur sport. professional sports from other types of sports. In At the end of the 19th century, criteria defining the particular: status of professional athletes began to be published 1. For a professional athlete, professional sport in the official documents of the International Olympic constitutes their main occupation and primary source of Committee (IOC). Moreover, the first set of rules income, including systematic remuneration for labor containing several clauses revealed the distinguishing within a set timeframe, as well as various types of features of amateurs compared to professional pensions, bonuses, and rewards [8]. athletes. It is noted that individuals who had not 2. While the entertainment value of sports is previously