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3 August 2023 - 3:39 PM

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IMAGO | Jorge Mendes, one of the leading football agents in the world.

FIFA triumphs over agents: A new era for football's financial landscape?

  • FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) are set to come into effect on 1 October, bringing significant changes to the football agency industry.
  • Last week the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed a complaint brought by the Professional Football Agents Association (PROFAA) against the regulations, giving FIFA a key victory.
  • Why it matters: The CAS ruling effectively ends agents' legal battles in sporting forums, but there are ongoing litigations elsewhere. But is this a road to nowhere?
  • The perspective: A leading agents body criticized the CAS ruling, claiming FIFA orchestrated the court case to legitimize their new regulations.

Amidst a blizzard of litigation from football agents and their representative bodies, just two months out from FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) being implemented, the world governing body was last week given a key victory ahead of the regulations actually coming into place.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the global supreme body for sports-related disputes, “dismissed in their entirety” a complaint brought to it by Professional F

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