INTRODUCTION
Relating to sports activities in the country, sports law is an ever evolving and emerging law in India that revolves around acts of players, associates covering areas of contract, intellectual property and tort law but sans a proper legislation. A great part of sports law is covered by Contract Act which within its scope includes contracts between sports players and other parties doping policies deciding liability in the light of toddler harassment in sports intellectual property and players rights. Few other avenues may include broadcasting and endorsement of advertisements rules and policies regarding conflict of interest.
VARIOUS CONTRACTS IN SPORTS LAW
Various contracts can be drafted between players and other parties to name a few agency, indemnity, appearance, endorsement, and standard player contract. A Standard Player Contract is signed between sports clubs and athlete where the athlete agrees to represent and play for a sports club regardless of bonus or salary that he receives. On the other hand, an Appearance Contract the sign to appear in a public function for an exchange of consideration. The rate of consideration and the term of appearance is decided in this contract. The establisher of relations between athlete and private persons or sponsors to use the image of athletes in advertisements is called as the Endorsement Contract. As a lot of sports persons are susceptible to injuries insurance agreements are a must for clubs and event organisers which is manifested through Indemnity Agreements. Professional aspects of an athlete are managed by an agent due to which they have an agent principal relation between them called as the Agency Contract.
ANTI- DOPING POLICY IN SPORTS LAW
Ethical manual ordains law against doping. Usage of drugs as performance enhancers are banned according to the Anti-Doping Laws formulated by various authorities. This is for adhering to world Anti-Doping Agency Code and educate people about ill effects of such psychotropic substances. Few Anti-Doping violations include, presence of prohibited substances or the metabolites in athlete’s sample, use or attempt to use of prohibited substance by an athlete, refusing to submit a sample despite being notified, failure to provide information for where about or unavailability for doping control examination, trafficking of prohibited substance or tempering with Anti-Doping control method, complicity and prohibited Association. The World Anti-Doping Agency annually updates the list of prohibited substances or methods. This International standard define what is prohibition in-competition and out-competition the list goes on to indicate if a particular substance is banned in sports. Indeed, with such diversity even competition law is felt important since it renders a contract void if it affects the market.