The worst waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who does not care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on arguments that don't make sense...
Could The Uncertainty of this Summers Football Transfer Window with the New Football Agent Regulations Sow the Seeds of Confusion, Discontent, Conflict and Disputes...
Pro-Bono Mediation: Can It Really Work Without ‘Skin in the Game’ (especially in professional sports and football)?...
I haven’t suggested the possibility of mediation to the dispute between FIFA and Football Agents over new regulations for my own benefit as a mediator – although in a perverse kind-of-way, I would relish being part of the assigned mediation team in this dispute, but the responses to the idea...
What many fail to realise, is that disputes between agents can have a considerable effect on many other football participants and stakeholders (not just agents), whether directly or indirectly. As such, it cannot be underestimated how important it is for all involved to ensure that any such disputes between football...
Through fixed & prescribed mechanisms for dispute resolution and disciplinary matters, football endeavours at almost every level not to ‘air its dirty laundry in public’....
Player and Agent Disputes – The relationship between a footballer and their agent is a delicate balance between harmony and acrimony. When it all ‘turns sour’, can mediation help?...
Is it best that the football authorities (including FIFA) finally decide ‘enough is enough’ and ‘step back’ decisively on the matter of regulating football agents and football agent activity? And thus allow for Common law (or the law of another country where that applies to the contract) to regulate football...
Despite all the merits of mediation and the undeniable benefits that mediation can bring to the football world (and it’s numerous and varied disputes), I still have doubts as to how well it will be received and thus adopted, both in the short and longer term. ...
Mediation in football disputes helps secure that well deserved point, rather than one party (or both parties) suffering an unnecessary loss. In many football disputes, the judgement or outcome from a dispute again usually results in a winner and loser through long established and prescribed football dispute resolution mechanisms, such...
