THE UNIONIZATION OF SPORTSMEN IN TURKEY: THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF UNIONIZATION OF SPORTSMEN AND ITS OUTCOMES FOR SPORTSMEN AND SPORT
Abstract
The aims of
this study were to put forward the union and its functions with respect to
employees, to examine whether unionization comes true or not for sportsman in
Turkish legal environment and, lastly discuss the possible positive and
negative contributions of player unionization to players and Turkish sport.
This study was conducted by reviewing the academic literature on unionization
and, the rules and regulations related to unionization.
Unionization
of sportsmen, as it is other countries, can make positive contributions to
sportsmen and sport itself. Defend of social and economic rights of sport
workers, institutionalization of sport, increase in the quality of sport and
increase in the spreading of sport, enlargement in sport market, facilitation
of marketing sport products, making safe the future of sportsmen, constitution
of sport culture by making the relations of sportsmen and employer struggle
more democratic, increasing the number of sport spectators, causing to rise the
ratio of tv ratings, increase in the number of sponsors sponsored to sport, and
at the end bringing to light the economic power and popularity of
sport can be possible by the unionization of sportsmen.
Although unionization of sportsmen in Turkish legal environment is
possible, sport clubs and sportsmen are continuing to live without so many
rights and obligations. When the existing problems in sport, problems of
sportsmen, and the unionization applications/gaining in other countries are
taken into consideration, unionization of sportsmen is an obligation both for a
managerial quality and for reaching a qualified sport market in Turkey.
Keywords
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
SEMA Alay
GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR YÜKSEKOKULU
Türkiye
Publication Date
January 15, 2007
Submission Date
March 17, 2017
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2007 Volume: 12 Number: 1