The Fifa ban on third-party ownership of football players

dc.contributor.advisorCornelius, Steve J.
dc.contributor.emailtris_coetsee@yahoo.com
dc.contributor.postgraduateCoetsee, Tristyn
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-16T07:56:02Z
dc.date.available2018-07-16T07:56:02Z
dc.date.created2018/04/17
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionMini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
dc.description.abstractThird?party ownership is a type of alternative financing model in which an investor takes ownership of all or part of a football player’s economic rights and is thereby entitled to a percentage of the transfer fee each time the player is sold. Third-party ownership of players’ economic rights is of growing concern in the global football sphere. Despite this business practice having been partially regulated by FIFA in 2009, third-­?party ownership continued to grow. This practice was subsequently banned by FIFA on 1 May 2015. In the international football community, there are different opinions of third-­?party ownership. Some state that a complete ban is necessary while others insist that the practice be better regulated. The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate that FIFA has come to the correct decision when imposing a blanket ban on third-­?party ownership. This dissertation deals with the history of third-­?party ownership, the different arguments brought forward by the opposing parties, and how FIFA came to the conclusion to ban the practice. This research assumes a quantitative approach comprising an in-­?depth analysis of third-­?party ownership from the available case law, journal articles and news articles on what is a considerably opaque topic. The shady practice of third-­?party ownership is a difficult topic to research because the majority of the parties enter into non-­?disclosure agreements in order to protect themselves. This secrecy has played an important role in perpetuating the existence of third-­?party ownership.
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricted
dc.description.degreeLLM
dc.description.departmentPrivate Law
dc.identifier.citationCoetsee, T 2017, The Fifa ban on third-party ownership of football players, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65641>
dc.identifier.otherA2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/65641
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.titleThe Fifa ban on third-party ownership of football players
dc.typeMini Dissertation

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