(Law Institute,Huaqiao University,Quanzhou 362021,China) Abstract: As there aren’t special laws stipulate the specific rights and obligations of journalist in our country, the exercise of the right of gathering news from football games and activities is often imposed unsuitable restrictions by the football association. This paper expounds the certainty of journalist’s right of gathering news from football games and activities directed by the football association from the four respects of the nature of the football association,the boundary of the football association’s right of administering football games and activities, the limitation of the football association’s right of refusing interviews and the requirement of the football undertakings’ development. Key words: football association; sport games and activities; right of administration; right of journalistic interview |