Football Association in Bosnia and Herzegovina organized meeting in Sarajevo, December 7, and the theme of the meeting was “The financial and organizational problems of sports clubs – how to prevent fighting sport in Bosnia and Herzegovina?”.
Except representatives of FA of Bosnia and Herzegovina (president, secretary general), there were representatives of football clubs BH Telecom Premier League, Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, FA from two entities, Handball Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Basketball club Bosna (Sarajevo) and the Union of Professional Football Players in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Representatives of state and entity institutions were invited too, but the meeting was attended only by representatives of Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Culture and Sports. It was a way self-defeating because it demonstrated the extent to which the state is interested in this problem, which is not the minor one.
After a high-quality presentation of professor Hasic Enes about “Legal status of football clubs, with special emphasis on status, labor and tax legislation”, presentation of Mr Bajramovic Amar (representative of FK Zeljeznicar) about “Analysis of the tax laws of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republica Srpska” and presentation of Mr Zelic Ivan (from Croatia) about “Operations of individuals in the sports system in Croatia”, we continued with constructive discussion where everyone could submit their vision of possible solutions.
At the end of the meeting we carried out several of conclusions, which are generally related that, in order to facilitate business of sports clubs, we need to access the activities on amendments to the legislation, governing the field of sport and the status of sports clubs, as soon as possible. In this regard, priority would be changes and amendments to regulations that are related to to financial operations and organization of sports clubs.
We, as representatives of football players in Bosnia and Herzegovina, expressed our desire to be part of all activities that will follow and to create positive legal environment for sport in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
