Review

Legal Rights and Contracts in Esports

Volume: 14 Number: 1 January 31, 2025
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Legal Rights and Contracts in Esports

Abstract

Esports has become popular sports branch by the younger generation in recent years, which is played by playing computer games as a team or individually by bringing people from all over the world together via the internet. In this professional sports branch, contracts are made between teams and athletes to keep the promises made in a legal sense. As a result of this professionalism in esports, a branch of esports law has emerged within the scope of sports law to prevent the deprivation of rights in the contracts signed between athletes and teams. The main problem is that there is no special law or a well-established contract model in Turkey regarding the legal dimension of these contracts made between athletes and teams practicing the esports branch and the rights and obligations of athletes and teams. Examples are given from the elements of the contracts signed between the athletes and teams in the esports branch of India and the special provisions of France's contracts and legal provisions related to the esports branch. In this study, the definition of the esports branch, esports law, and the basic elements that should be in esports contracts are mentioned and important suggestions are made by mentioning the elements such as penal procedures, working hours, sponsorship situations, and termination procedures that should be included in the contracts to prevent the athletes from being victimized in the contracts they sign, and it is aimed to contribute to the esports law literature.

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Ethical Statement

Bu araştırma I. Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi. Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü’nde özet bildiri olarak sunulmuştur (Haziran, 2022).

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Sports Activity Management

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

January 31, 2025

Submission Date

March 25, 2024

Acceptance Date

November 1, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 14 Number: 1

APA
Vural, E., & Karadağ, T. F. (2025). Legal Rights and Contracts in Esports. The Online Journal of Recreation and Sports, 14(1), 92-98. https://doi.org/10.22282/tojras.1458751
AMA
1.Vural E, Karadağ TF. Legal Rights and Contracts in Esports. TOJRAS. 2025;14(1):92-98. doi:10.22282/tojras.1458751
Chicago
Vural, Engin, and Tuba Fatma Karadağ. 2025. “Legal Rights and Contracts in Esports”. The Online Journal of Recreation and Sports 14 (1): 92-98. https://doi.org/10.22282/tojras.1458751.
EndNote
Vural E, Karadağ TF (January 1, 2025) Legal Rights and Contracts in Esports. The Online Journal of Recreation and Sports 14 1 92–98.
IEEE
[1]E. Vural and T. F. Karadağ, “Legal Rights and Contracts in Esports”, TOJRAS, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 92–98, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.22282/tojras.1458751.
ISNAD
Vural, Engin - Karadağ, Tuba Fatma. “Legal Rights and Contracts in Esports”. The Online Journal of Recreation and Sports 14/1 (January 1, 2025): 92-98. https://doi.org/10.22282/tojras.1458751.
JAMA
1.Vural E, Karadağ TF. Legal Rights and Contracts in Esports. TOJRAS. 2025;14:92–98.
MLA
Vural, Engin, and Tuba Fatma Karadağ. “Legal Rights and Contracts in Esports”. The Online Journal of Recreation and Sports, vol. 14, no. 1, Jan. 2025, pp. 92-98, doi:10.22282/tojras.1458751.
Vancouver
1.Engin Vural, Tuba Fatma Karadağ. Legal Rights and Contracts in Esports. TOJRAS. 2025 Jan. 1;14(1):92-8. doi:10.22282/tojras.1458751