Football Federation as a non-governmental public institution; A critical approach to the votes of the General Board of the Administrative Court of Justice

Despite the recognition of the nature of non-governmental public institutions in the case of amateur sports federations in the law, sports federations in Iran's legal system are facing the challenge of legal nature, and the legal ambiguities in this field have misled the law enforcers in the executive and supervisory bodies. The legal nature of the football federation, especially in the opinions of the Administrative Court, due to the ambiguity in the validity of its statutes and the briefness in the statutes of amateur sports federations, has been the subject of more challenges than other sports organizations. The legal effects of this ambiguity have appeared in various fields, such as the administrative and employment affairs of this federation, to such an extent that the General Board of the Court of Justice, in decisions 1665 and 1666 dated 7/20/1400, considering that the football federation is not a non-governmental public institution, ruled that the jurisdiction is not included. The general board of the court has issued a ban to this federation regarding the approvals of this federation and the non-inclusion of the law prohibiting the employment of retirees. Solving these challenges depends on discovering the answer to the main question of this research regarding the quality of the legal nature of the football federation. With an analytical-descriptive method and referring to library sources and legal documents, the author has come to the conclusion that the Federation According to the statutes of the National Olympic Committee and the statutes of amateur sports federations, football is considered a non-governmental public institution, and this nature not only does not harm the independence of the federation, but also ensures its independence while maintaining its supervision.Football Federation, Court of Administrative Justice, private non-profit organization, trade and professional organization, non-governmental public institution.