A Football Transfer Dispute Ignited On Social Media – That Could Have Been Avoided With Mediation.
A Football Transfer Dispute Ignited On Social Media - That Could Have Been Avoided With Mediation....
18 February, 2025
FIFA Football Agent Regulation (FFAR) War Coming to an End? ….. Will the Civil War Now Start?
Many may understandably be looking ahead to next week's long-anticipated public hearing at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over the FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) of 2023, and then hopefully being able to breathe a huge sigh of relief should a final ruling be delivered not long thereafter. But...
05 February, 2025
Mediation in the Dispute Between Agents and FIFA: Would or Could It Ever Succeed?
The FFAR dispute between FIFA and football agents could have been resolved (if not largely averted) long before now – and in a far more timely, efficient and cost-effective manner. That is if the values, attitudes, timelines, planning and approaches of all parties to the FFAR dispute had been better...
12 August, 2024
More Alarm Bells for Football Agents in the UK?
Whilst there is currently a considerable amount of uncertainty over the regulations and the relatively new FFAR (‘FIFA Football Agent Regulations’) with the industry awaiting a key ruling from the ECJ (European Court of Justice), does the football agent industry really need a belated intervention from yet another authority?...
01 July, 2024
UK Football Regulator Risks Missing a Mediation (and Med-Arb) Opportunity?
The UK Government's 'Independent Football Regulator' (IFR) is missing out on an opportunity to employ mediation to resolve what is in essence a ‘dispute’ (although it may be presented by some as a negotiation). A renegotiation of the deal between the Premier League EFL, has been reported as there being...
03 June, 2024
FIFA’s Temporary and Partial Suspension of FFAR Leads to Yet More Confusion and Potential Disputes
FIFA ‘throwing yet another hand-grenade’ into the already fractured and confused agent regulatory landscape, with circular 1873 announcing on 30th December 2023; the temporary suspension of several aspects of the FFAR worldwide - this will no doubt further exacerbate problems and confusion for many in the footballing world not least...
31 December, 2023
A Chink of Light in a Frustrating Year for Mediation in Football
So, in endeavouring to bring mediation to the professional sports world and most notably football (soccer), my own journey has been one littered with huge frustration, bewilderment and annoyance at the seeming resistance of many to contemplate mediation or even understand it....
29 December, 2023
Football Agent Disputes Ready to Go from Busy to Overdrive
Football Agent Disputes Ready to Go from Busy to Overdrive - when those involved in football agent related disputes start to realise that there are alternatives to resolve disputes that save time, save money, puts them in control, and also undertake such processes confidentially ………… they will ‘wake up’ to...
14 December, 2023
FIFA Football Agent Regulations Now Mired in More Problems – Huge Questions Over Exam and Licensing Integrity, Fairness and Validity
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? ...
26 September, 2023
FIFAs Mediation – ‘True’ Mediation or Arbitration’ on the Cheap’?
Following the publication of FIFAs mediation guidelines in February 2023, and also some additional commentary and information gained from various webinars etc, I have developed serious reservations over time when it comes to FIFAs ‘mediation’ model and whether it is ‘true’ mediation or just a bumbling attempt at ‘arbitration on...
12 July, 2023
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