“It is highly likely that players attending an academy are no longer living with their families but are hosted and educated at the premises of the academy and might require additional attention. Art. 19-bis RSTP requires thus, additional information regarding the attendance of the academy regardless of the question whether players have been registered with the relevant association or not […] Even more so, in case a player moves to an academy abroad and is not registered at all with the relevant association.”[1]
Article 19bis concerns the registration and reporting of minors at academies, as defined. The recognition by FIFA that academies can be ‘independent legal entities’ is a...
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