电子竞技选手合同的性质探析

Analysis of Contracts for Professional E-Sports Players

摘要: 全球电子竞技市场规模日益扩大，GWI的《The Gaming Play Book》的数据显示，2023年全球电子竞技营收可达18亿美元，同时根据《2023中国电竞产业报告》2023年中国电子竞技行业实际收入263.5亿。随着电子竞技项目一步步走向亚运会，成为亚运会正式比赛项目，其标签也从游戏变为竞技比赛再变为职业运动。作为一项正式的、规模庞大的商业体育运动，电子竞技产业在野蛮生长的同时引发了许多法律问题，电子竞技选手合同的性质认定正是其中最关键也是争议最多的。本文期望从电竞选手的合同入手，通过对这类合同的分析为电竞行业的健康有序发展添砖加瓦。

Abstract: The global esports market is expanding rapidly, with data from GWI’s “The Gaming Play Book” showing that global esports revenue could reach $1.8 billion in 2023, while according to the “2023 China Esports Industry Report”, the actual revenue of the Chinese esports industry in 2023 is $26.35 billion. As electronic sports gradually move towards the Asian Games and become an official competition event, their label has changed from games to competitive events and then to professional sports. As a formal and large-scale commercial sports activity, the e-sports industry has sparked many legal issues while growing wildly, and the nature determination of e-sports player contracts is the most critical and controversial among them. This article aims to start with the contracts of esports players and contribute to the healthy and orderly development of the esports industry through the analysis of such contracts.