Alternative Dispute Resolution in Sports Disputes: A Review of Turkish Athletics, Basketball and Volleyball Federation Decisions

Abstract

Sports disciplinary proceeding is the judgment process brought to the agenda with the decisions taken by the authorized disciplinary committees as a result of the violation of sports discipline rules. Since the rules of each sport are different, the actions that constitute disciplinary violations and the disciplinary penalties related to them may vary. In this research, using the document analysis method of qualitative research methods, Turkish Athletics, Basketball and Volleyball Federation decisions that the Disciplinary Committees rendered between January 1, 2014 and January 1, 2019 were examined. The decisions examined were categorized in terms of parties, types of disciplinary violations and disciplinary penalties, and decisions objected to the Arbitration Committee, and classified in terms of their results. As a result of the research, it was observed that disciplinary proceedings were carried mostly regarding anti-doping rule violations in athletics, acting against the directives in basketball, rude, obscene, humiliating behaviour and insult violations in volleyball. In terms of sides, decisions rendered mostly on athletes and coaches in athletics, and on athletes and sports clubs in basketball and volleyball.