* Barry Lysaght was previously Group Leader and Legal Counsel at FIFA from June 2012 to April 2019. He is the author of a thesis on Football Academies (“Policing Academies”) from which the work on this Special Report is based.
In this section, the harm associated with the unregulated movement of minors to private academies fall to be considered.
Safety and wellbeing of minors
“FIFA has no competence over private academies, as they are not part of organised football […]. (Minors at private academies) fall as a matter of fact outside any legal and administrative regulations that are aimed at safeguarding young players.”[1]
What is meant by the “abuse” against which FIFA has committed to safeguard minors?[2] In academic discourse, the unregulated...
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