ZURICH — FIFA lost a key ruling in London on Thursday against its plans to regulate soccer player agents and cap the fees and commissions they earn. In a statement, The Football Forum group of agents congratulated its president Jonathan Barnett — a long-time leading agent whose clients include Gareth Bale — for his role in “this success of paramount …
GENEVA — FIFA won the latest ruling Monday of an international, multi-case fight by soccer player agents to block rules that would regulate their industry and cap their fees. FIFA said the ruling “fully confirms the legality, validity and proportionality of the FIFA Football Agent Regulations.” However, it was unclear how the Swiss-based sports court’s verdict will weigh on national-level …
GENEVA — FIFA is facing another legal challenge to its new rules regulating player agents, this time in its home country Switzerland. A group of Swiss agents has asked the federal competition commission to intervene with the FIFA Football Agent Regulations, which are being phased in this year and will cap the fees earned from player salaries and transfers. While …
