CAS 2023/O/9370 PROFAA v. FIFA – The CAS Challenge to FIFA’s Football Agent Regulations

CAS 2023/O/9370 PROFAA v. FIFA

Date of the decision: 2023-07-24

Arbitrator(s): Romano F. Subiotto K.C. Olivier Carrard Luigi Fumagalli

Introduction

The new FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR), which were approved by the FIFA Council in December 2022 to replace its Regulations on Working with Intermediaries, were due to become fully effective on 1 October 2023.

However, the FFAR are subject to ongoing legal challenges by agents in England, Germany and Spain (amongst other jurisdictions), while, in Italy and France, the FFAR have only been partially enacted, with domestic legislation taking precedence on certain issues.[3] Therefore, the new rules have, to date,...

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