What Is Training Compensation In Football?
Training compensation involves financial payment to a player's training club when he signs his first contract with a professional club or transfers before his 23rd birthday.
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Intellectual Property Disputes In Sports: Cybersquatting
An introduction to online commercial disputes and intellectual property issues affecting sports organisations and stakeholders.
Termination Of Football Contracts: What Is ‘Just Cause’? (1)
Examining the principle governing unilateral termination of football employment contracts and the circumstances that may justify termination.
Termination Of Football Contracts: What Is “Just Cause”? (2)
The second part considers just cause for unilateral termination of football contracts by players and how the relevant circumstances may differ.
The Round Leather Series (1): Kedike United V. Kadiri Musa
A football dispute case study involving a player contract, performance and the consequences of a club-player disagreement.
Invalid Conditions Precedent In Football Contracts
What happens when a football contract is made conditional on a medical examination, work permit or another condition precedent?
Doping And Football
An overview of doping and the anti-doping rules that apply to football and its participants.
Poor Footballer Performance; Are Banishment & Fines Legal?
A case study exploring whether disciplinary measures imposed on players for perceived poor performance are legally permissible.
Football Contracts – Some Common Errors Often Made By Football Club Owners
Common issues found in football employment and representation contracts, and why careful drafting matters.
The Validity Or Otherwise Of “Probation Period” Clauses In Football Employment Contracts
Considering probation clauses in football employment contracts and the circumstances in which they may allow termination.
What Next For Manchester United & Mason Greenwood, After Criminal Charges Dropped?
An analysis of the contractual and commercial considerations facing Manchester United following the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to discontinue the charges.
Football Law Series (4): Solidarity Mechanism & Player Swaps
A practical football-law example exploring solidarity mechanism rules in the context of a player-swap transaction between clubs.
Football Law Series (3): Lucy’s Injury
A case study on a professional footballer’s injury and the contractual questions that arise when a player becomes unavailable for selection.