Peculiarities of the Legal Status of Professional Sports Leagues

The article is devoted to the analysis of modifications of the Russian Federation legislation concerning regulation of high-performance sports (elite sports) and professional sports. The authors consider in detail the legal status of professional sports leagues as one of the main participants of professional sports, including professional sports leagues that unite both Russian and foreign professional clubs, as well as the order of their interaction with all-Russian sports federations also in terms of concluding agreements to delegate rights to host championships and cups of Russia. Particular attention is paid to the problems of concluding agreements to use symbols and names of sporting events by the organizers of gambling in a bookmaker's office with subjects of professional sports, namely, with all-Russian sports federations, professional sports leagues organizing sporting events.

subjects of professional sports, professional sports leagues, professional sports competitions, professional sports clubs, international sports competitions, All-Russian Sports Federation, agreement to delegate, gambling organizers, sporting events symbols, name of sporting events, special purpose allocations

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