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Jurisprudence of the Consideration of the Labor Disputes with Football Players by the Jurisdictional Bodies of the FIFA

Student: Fedotov Pavel

Supervisor: Alexandr Chebotarev

Faculty: Faculty of Law

Educational Programme: Lawyer in the Field of Sport (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2019

This work is devoted to the analysis of the practice of resolving labor disputes with football players by the FIFA jurisdictional bodies in order to fill the gaps in the regulation of FIFA. In particular, the most popular types of labor disputes arising at the conclusion of employment contracts, changing the terms of employment contracts and termination of employment contracts were considered. Among the disputes arising at the conclusion of the employment contract, the question was analyzed whether the validity of the employment contract can be made dependent on the receipt of a football visa or work permit, on the successful completion of a medical examination by the football player, as well as on the successful completion of the probation period by the football player. In addition, the practice of the FIFA Chamber for dispute resolution on the validity of such a phenomenon as the "unilateral extension option" was analyzed. Also, the practice of the Chamber in relation to the termination of the employment contract by mutual agreement of the parties was analyzed. Moreover, through the analysis of a fairly large number of decisions of the Chamber, the most frequent cases were established in which it can be argued that a football club or a football player had some valid reason for termination of the employment contract, as well as recommendations were developed, the observance of which with the greatest probability will prove the existence of a valid reason for unilateral termination of the contract when representing the interests of clients in the Chamber.

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