Perhaps the most important regulation concerning FIFA, the RSTP (Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players) was officially created in 2001, in the same context of the creation of tribunals within football’s ultimate ruler. The document’s name was chosen due to its content: it dealt mostly with player-related matters.
As time went by, new…
With a population of 210 million people with a considerable propensity for gambling and a huge sporting culture, a lot of international operators are viewing the Brazilian market as a great opportunity for profit.
Nonetheless, bringing a sports betting operation to Brazil is not as simple as one might think. There are some legal and…
The novel coronavirus pandemic has had a negative impact on the entire sporting industry. For football, it has meant the loss of revenue for several months and resultant salary cuts and austerity measures imposed by different sporting bodies. The biggest sufferers include those Clubs whose main source of revenue is the selling of matchday tickets.…
Introduction: Loan transfers and football
Temporary transfers, or “loans”, are very common in modern football. Normally, they allow small clubs to sign better players without paying vast sums of money and are a way for clubs to place their young upcoming stars in a competitive team where they will experience regular first team football. Some…
We have almost completed a quarter of the English Premier League (“Premier League”) season and it has already created a vast array of talking points; none more contentious than the interpretation and excessive implementation of the new handball rule by the English Football Association (“FA”) and the Premier League. Before heading into the highly congested…
We have almost completed a quarter of the English Premier League (“Premier League”) season and it has already created a vast array of talking points; none more contentious than the interpretation and excessive implementation of the new handball rule by the English Football Association (“FA”) and the Premier League. Before heading into the highly congested…
The FA Cup, the oldest competition in football, plays a pivotal role in the season of all clubs across the country; it is an important source of income and it provides the opportunity for lower-league ‘minnows’ to play at some of the country’s biggest grounds. The magic of the cup.
As has been well documented in…
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The UK Government’s pending review (the Review) of the Gambling…
The 2020/2021 Premier League season is just four games in, and already players, managers, fans, and pundits have been left bemused by the change in wording and interpretation of the handball law, effected this season by The International Football Association Board (IFAB).
This change in interpretation of one of the laws of the game has…
Unless you were an avid fan of marble racing or Belarusian hockey for whatever reason, the average sports fan struggled to find something to watch on television at the initial stages of the pandemic. With spectator sports like the Olympics, Premier League, IPL, NBA, Formula One, Wimbledon and the PGA Tour just to name a…
