Revisiting FIFA’s Training Compensation and Solidarity Mechanism - Part. 3: The Curious Non-Application of Training Compensation to Women’s Football – By Rhys Lenarduzzi Published: 10 Dec 2020 Editor’s note: Rhys Lenarduzzi is a final semester Bachelor of Law (LL.B) and Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.) student, at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia. As a former professional athlete, then international sports agent an...
New Event! Zoom In on Transnational Sports Law - Blake Leeper v. IAAF - 4 December at 4pm (CET) Published: 30 Nov 2020 The Asser International Sports Law Centre in collaboration with Dr Marjolaine Viret is launching a new series of zoom webinars on transnational sports law: Zoom In. The first discussion (4 December at 16.00) will zoom in on the recent arbitral...
Last call to register to the 2021 edition of the Sports Law Arbitration Moot - Deadline 1 December Published: 27 Nov 2020 Dear all, Our Slovenian friends (and former colleague) Tine Misic and Blaž Bolcar are organising the second edition of the Sports Law Arbitration Moot (SLAM). The best four teams of the SLAM competition will compete in the finals, which will be held in Ljublja...
Pistorius revisited: A comment on the CAS award in Blake Leeper v. IAAF - By Marjolaine Viret Published: 20 Nov 2020 On 23 October 2020, a panel of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (‘CAS’) rendered an award in the matter opposing Mr Blake Leeper (‘Mr Leeper’ or ‘the Athlete’) to the International Association of Athletics Federation (‘IAAF’).[1] The CAS panel was asked to...
Revisiting FIFA’s Training Compensation and Solidarity Mechanism - Part. 2: The African Reality – By Rhys Lenarduzzi Published: 17 Nov 2020 Editor’s note: Rhys Lenarduzzi is a final semester Bachelor of Law (LL.B) and Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.) student, at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia. As a former professional athlete, then international sports agent and consultant, Rhys i...
International and European Sports Law – Monthly Report – October 2020 - By Rhys Lenarduzzi Published: 13 Nov 2020 Editor’s note: Rhys Lenarduzzi is a final semester Bachelor of Law (LL.B) and Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.) student, at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia. As a former professional athlete, then international sports agent and cons...
Revisiting FIFA’s Training Compensation and Solidarity Mechanism - Part.1: The historical, legal and political foundations - By Rhys Lenarduzzi Published: 6 Nov 2020 Editor’s note: Rhys Lenarduzzi is a final semester Bachelor of Law (LL.B) and Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.) student, at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia. As a former professional athlete, then international sports agent and consu...
Invalidity of forced arbitration clauses in organised sport…Germany strikes back! - By Björn Hessert Published: 23 Oct 2020 Editor's note: Björn Hessert is a research assistant at the University of Zurich and a lawyer admitted to the German bar. The discussion revolving around the invalidity of arbitration clauses in organised sport in favour of national and international...
International and European Sports Law – Monthly Report – September - October 2020 - By Rhys Lenarduzzi Published: 14 Oct 2020 The Headlines Human rights and sport Caster Semenya Human rights issues are taking the headlines in the sporting world at present. A short time ago, Caster Semenya’s appeal at the Swiss Federal Tribunal against the CAS decision was di...
