Amateur Sports Act of 1978

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The Amateur Sports Act of 1978 , signed by President Jimmy Carter , put the United States Olympic Committee on a legal footing, protecting the Olympic symbols , and since this came before protection by the IOC , it gave American sport a strong economic foundation. The law protects the rights of American athletes.

background

Before the Amateur Sports Act , the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) essentially represented American sport as a sports federation internationally, while the National Olympic Committee basically only had a short-term function every four years for the Olympic Games and most athletes through the colleges and theirs Association of the NCAA were trained and represented. The disputes between AAU and NCAA led to the fact that the USSR and the GDR were ahead of the USA in the medal table at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal at the best television broadcast time . This embarrassment led to a large parliamentary majority in favor of the new law. With the law, a separate association was founded for each sport, which then became a member of the USOC. B. USA Swimming , United States Fencing Association , United States Ski Team , USA Track & Field , US Figure Skating . Every sport is independent, but must adhere to the legal basis. The sports are financed by USOC sponsorship income and its own income without tax grants. The law requires that 20% of former top athletes (defined as people who have represented the USA internationally within the last ten years) have a seat and vote in all decision-making bodies of the associations.

Revision from 1998

The Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act is an adaptation of US law (36 USC Sec. 220501 et seq. Of the United States Code ), since amateurs are still required in college sports , but otherwise no longer play a role. The law was coordinated by Ted Stevens , then a senator from Alaska , and came into effect in 1998. It also includes the responsibility of the USOC for the Paralympic Games , gives athletes a greater say and protects the USOC against claims for damages by athletes, provided that the USOC abides by the rules. The only ones permitted to use the term Olympic Games outside of the USOC are the Special Olympics .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T: Jimmy Carter, "Amateur Sports Act of 1978 Statement on Signing P. 2727 Into Law." . In: The American Presidency Project . University of California - Santa Barbara. November 8, 1978.
  2. ↑ 36 USC § 220501
  3. ^ Arnd Krüger : American sport between isolationism and internationalism. Competitive sport. 18: 1, pp. 43-47 (1988) ; 2, pp. 47-50 . 17th June 2016
  4. ↑ 36 USC § 220506
  5. ↑ http://www.sunjournal.com/oxford-hills/story/1071387
  6. ↑ http://www.sunjournal.com/oxford-hills/story/1071616

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