THE SPECIFICITY OF THE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS OF ATHLETES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE CONTRACTS OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS

U ovom radu će se ponajprije krenuti s istraživanjem reguliranja ugovornih odnosa sportaša kroz povijest. Za to je neminovno istražiti povijest samog sporta te nogometa kao sporta na koji se stavlja poseban naglasak. Unutar istraživanja i analize prvog dijela spada i povijest sportskog prava kao pravne discipline koja se bavi ugovorima sportaša. U drugom dijelu pažnja se posvećuje jednoj veoma važnoj presudi Europskog suda u Luksemburgu a koja je donijela dalekosežne posljedice po nogomet i europski sport općenito. U trećem dijelu fokus je na ugovorima sportaša u Republici Hrvatskoj te analizi relevantnih propisa među kojima se najviše ističe novi Zakon o sportu i propisane novine u statusu sportaša. Četvrti i završni dio ovog diplomskog rada bavi se ugovorima nogometaša te odredbama Pravilnika FIFA-e i Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza. Također, analiziraju se pojedine odredbe koje su sadržane u standardnim obrascima ugovora nogometaša od strane Hrvatskog nogometnog saveza. Kao sinteza diplomskog rada na kraju se izražava zaključak.This master's thesis will first of all start with the research on the regulation of athlete's contractual relations through the history. To do that, it is inevitable to explore the history of sport itself with a special remark to football. Research and analysis in the first part also includes history of sport's law as a law discipline that deals with athletes' contracts. In the second part, attention is given to a very important decision of CJEU which brought far-reaching consequences to football and european sport in general. In the third part the focus is on athletes' contracts in the Republic of Croatia and the analysis of relevant regulations among which stands out the new Sports Act with its' noveltys that regulates athlete's status. The fourth and the final part deals with footballers' contracts and provisons of FIFA and the Croatian Football Federation's Regulations. Also, certain provisons that are contained in forms of standard contracts by Cŕoatian Football Federation are analyzed. As a synthesis of master's thesis, at the end, conclusion is expressed