FIFA Agents Reform: Changes may force agents to switch strategy, as core activities become uneconomical
Alamy | Former Ajax, Atletico Madrid, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur-defender Toby Alderweireld has worked with Belgian agent Stijn Francis, founder of Stirr Associates. Francis says that it is "...becoming less and less interesting to work on the player agent side, business wise or financially, for your remuneration."
FIFA made its biggest changes to its player agent rules in a generation this month. But what do agents think?
Leading agents spell out the practical reality of more regulation, a cap on fees, and how it is players who will most likely be adversely impacted.
Why it matters: FIFA say that agents claimed remittances worth $622.8 million last year and the reforms promise to rein that in. But will it make any difference?
The perspective: Agent representative bodies are shaping themselves up for legal challenges to FIFA’s rules, but opposition within the industry is more nuanced and complicated than at first sight.
31 January 2023 - 4:03 PM
At the start of this month FIFA implemented its biggest changes to the rules governing player agents in a generation, when it initiated a transition period for its FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) – “the most anticipated (and contested) piece of sports law regulation in recent years” according to the sports team at lawfirm Mills & Reeve.
Off The Pitch has already previewed the FFAR in depth from a legal perspective and looked at how it may change the face of the agent busi
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