Are Agents the Oil in the Football Machine, Doing the Grubby Jobs that No-One Else Wants ………. But an Integral Part of a Functioning Engine? ...
Will Some Football Agents Mistakenly 'Cap' Their Own Commissions - and FIFA 'Get Their Way'? Despite any ruling or judgment about the legality, unlawfulness or fairness of the cap in the new FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) ...
Could The Uncertainty of this Summers Football Transfer Window with the New Football Agent Regulations Sow the Seeds of Confusion, Discontent, Conflict and Disputes...
The Summer of 2023 Could Well Be the Craziest of Transfer Windows – Particularly for Agents,. Not least with the recent introduction of the new FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) ‘into the mix’....
Pro-Bono Mediation: Can It Really Work Without ‘Skin in the Game’ (especially in professional sports and football)?...
Many football agents agree that they should be licensed and regulated fairly and effectively, there are some who are adamant that football agents should not be licensed and regulated by the football authorities, let alone FIFA....
FIFA’s new FFAR (FIFA Football Agent Regulations) has drawn considerable criticism, resentment and legal challenges from many in the football agent community. How could football agent regulations and licensing effectively be ‘sold’ to football agents as a positive thing and something to embrace rather than reject, object to and rally...
I haven’t suggested the possibility of mediation to the dispute between FIFA and Football Agents over new regulations for my own benefit as a mediator – although in a perverse kind-of-way, I would relish being part of the assigned mediation team in this dispute, but the responses to the idea...
What many fail to realise, is that disputes between agents can have a considerable effect on many other football participants and stakeholders (not just agents), whether directly or indirectly. As such, it cannot be underestimated how important it is for all involved to ensure that any such disputes between football...
The comments and criticisms heard, read from candidates after sitting the FIFA football agents exam; are they misguided, justified or purely whinging and whining. Other contributing factors are at play here and considerable fall-out that may affect many candidates who may fail the first exam....
