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31
Dec
2021
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Ivan BYKOVSKIY
Marton KISS
Player/Coach Contract
Article
Hungary Russian Federation International
Football Legal # 16

Practical Solutions for Smart Contracts’ Implementation in Sports


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Technology in the modern world is progressing as lightspeed. It is impossible to disagree that information technologies are an essential part of every sphere of life, including sports. The authors of this article have decided to dedicate their study to the subject of smart contracts, their implementation into the legal framework of international sports organizations and, most useful in the authors’ opinion, solutions thereof.

Introduction

First, the authors shall define a smart contract and search for a definition that will not be too complicated for a reader. Although the notion contains two words, “smart” and “contract”, which have a legal sense for everyone, they receive entirely new meaning when combined in a single phrase.

In this article, the authors will try to give three practical applications to the smart contract that can be applied within the framework of FIFA activities. It does not mean that these solutions are of immediate applicability. However, in five years, they would be of practical use.

Smart contracts begin with blockchain. A blockchain “allows parties to send, receive and store value or information through a distributed peer-to-peer network of several computers. Each...

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Topics
  • Player/Coach Contract
  • Doping
  • FIFA
Keywords
  • Doping
  • FIFA Regulations
  • Intermediaries / Agents
  • National Law
  • World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
  • Blockchain
  • Smart contracts
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