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Reforming Fifa From The Inside Out, Steven A. Bank
Reforming Fifa From The Inside Out, Steven A. Bank
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In response to an unprecedented crisis that has been called "the World Cup of Fraud," the Federation Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, has undertaken a series of reform measures in the last several years. Most of these reforms have focused on attempting to break the cycle of corruption among football insiders by bringing in more outsiders, including independent chairs of both the Ethics Committee and Audit and Compliance Committee, as well as individuals to serve in executive positions who had not previously been involved in the sport at any level. Such an outsider-focused reform strategy takes a page from …
O Colapso Do "Joga Bonito": How Fifa's Banishment Of Third-Party Ownership Runs Counter To European Union Law And Has Tarnished The Once Beautiful Game, Brendan A. Bailey
O Colapso Do "Joga Bonito": How Fifa's Banishment Of Third-Party Ownership Runs Counter To European Union Law And Has Tarnished The Once Beautiful Game, Brendan A. Bailey
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
FIFA banned the practice of third-party ownership, the division and sale of a portion of a football player's economic rights to an outside investor, in 2015. The ban was nondiscriminatory, applying to all types of third-party ownership utilized throughout football. Since then, the practice has all but disappeared internationally, with FIFA quashing occurrences of the practice through large fines and other forms of punishment. FIFA's move to ban the practice came shortly after pressure from leagues that banned it years before--principally the English Premier League, one of the most influential leagues in Europe. However, such a ban was largely propped …