Legal Aspects of Organizing Sports in Poland – Outline of the Problem

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse the legislator’s approach to the issue of organising sport. Organising sports is an activity that may raise questions of interpretation. First and foremost, the question should be asked which entities are responsible for it in Polish law. The legislative decision to introduce an act into the Polish legal system that was fully dedicated to the matter of sports did not result in an unequivocal answer to this question. The legislator recognises the leading role of Polish sports associations as the only sports organisations granted statutory competence to organise sports competition. Such an approach, however, is too narrow and does not take into account the organisational structure existing in Polish sport, in which other entities are also responsible for organising sport. In addition, the question of defining the concept of ‘sports organisation’ may raise doubts.