Professional liability insurance managers in sport with special reference to the agent in the transfer of fotball players

• Main Author: Maja Proso
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu 2011-01-01
• Series: Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Splitu
• Subjects: sport; liability insurance; sport managers; football players' agents
• Online Access: http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/111697

Author argues that every sports person, sports team and sports authorities sholud buy a sports insurance policy to shield themselves against possible financial losses arising from a sporting event. Sport insurance offers financial cover against, among other, medical expenses, accidental damage and liability claims incurred during a sports activity. Sport activity may cause heavy financial losses sportmen may face if they suffer an accident at sport or negligently cause injury to someone else. Sport insurance helps everybody involved around sport to cope with high risks of grave financial losses caused by sport accident or damage caused by negligently act, and serenity while taking sport activity In these days of no-win-no-fee claims, people will have few obstacles to suing you for possibly thousands of pounds in damages. Sport risks are even higher for porfessional sportmen and especially for sport managers. In this paper author argues the legal „de lege lata“ postion of players' agents in football,their liability insurance and introduces some „ de lege ferenda“ solutions as to infirm their legal position.Some recent examples of judicial praxsis is given as well.