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Latest FL Journal Articles
30
Jun
2022
Overdue Payables under Article 12bis RSTP and Recent Published Jurisprudence of the FIFA DRC
[1][2] In this article, the authors will give an overview and analysis of all the published decisions of the FIFA DRC in 2020 and 2021, in relation to Article 12bis RSTP and provide the reader with insights and background information in relation to the requirements of Article 12bis.
30
Jun
2022
A slice of Champignons League please
For an avid football fan and a pizza chef, isn’t the perfect name for your new mushroom (“champignon” in German) pizza, Champignons League? For the owner and pizza chef Sadi Souri of Pizza Wolke in Giessen, Germany, this was precisely the perfect name. UEFA, the owner of the trademark “Champions League”, however, had a different opinion on the n...
30
Jun
2022
Update on the Activities of the AFC Entry Control Body
Background to the AFC Entry Control Body
In late 2016, the AFC General Secretariat decided to exclude a Cambodian football club, Phnom Penh Crown FC, from participating in the 2017 edition of the AFC Cup. This decision was made because four individuals affiliated to the club had, earlier that same year, been found guilty of match-manipulation b...
30
Jun
2022
Domestic Club Licensing Regulations for the Australian Professional Football Leagues
Football Australia has recently announced it is implementing a national Club Licensing system for the A-League Men and A-League Women clubs (the top tiers of the Australian football league pyramid). This initiative is part of a suite of world standard measures being introduced, which include a recently announced domestic player transfer system a...
30
Jun
2022
Sport Integrity Australia refers three submissions to Australian police as part of a football investigation
In the previous edition of Football Legal,[1] the author presented an article on Football Australia’s referral brief to Sport Integrity Australia to develop a complaints process and independently handle complaints made by several Australian football women’s national team players.
30
Jun
2022
Equal Pay of Chinese Women’s Football: Where to Go?
This article introduces and sorts out the legislative framework and judicial practice of equal pay for equal work in China, pointing out that Chinese women football players can defend their right to equal pay for equal work by actively forming players’ unions and conducting collective bargaining in accordance with the law.
30
Jun
2022
General Overview of New CFA 2022 Policies for Professional Football Clubs in China
Football in China started to develop at a much later stage compared to other western countries, with the first professional league established in 1994 and the current Chinese Super League (CSL) in 2004.
Then, further factors such as the immaturity of the domestic football system, several corruption scandals and the poor performance of the Chine...
30
Jun
2022
Commercial Disputes Between French Clubs to be Submitted to Arbitration
On 8 June 2022, the French Professional Football League (LFP) Board of Directors adopted an important amendment to its administrative regulations, stating that, starting with the 2022-2023 season, French clubs will be required to submit to arbitration all commercial disputes exceeding EUR 50,000. The competent sports justice body to deal with th...
30
Jun
2022
Football Investment in Italy: Quo Vadis Football?
This article provides a general overview of the legal framework applicable to M&A transactions involving football clubs in Italy.