Maybe not. I haven't got one at the moment. I'm not really selling an alternative just questioning what we've got. Love Barnsley hate football has been a rallying cry for a few years now. But question it, the fundamentals of how the whole money making machine works, and it will be defended to the hilt. I find that interesting.
If there was a legal loophole it would have already been found... The contracts are required by FIFA rules of the game with sanctions imposed if they are not followed. I guess this could include fines, points deducted, or refusal of being able to participate in competition. Without these rules, football would be in even more of a mess, with the top teams decimating any other team showing promise. https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/af...e_status_and_transfer_of_players_en_33410.pdf R
You wouldn't think so, but I don't think any of us could have envisioned it getting to the stage it already has. It does have a feeling of a bubble that is going to pop, but there are no signs of that as yet.
I think this is a good call, especially with the amount of money in the game at the higher level. Flip side for me though is that for smaller clubs, being able to trade players at any time during the season could potentially be a means of ensuring wages get paid, tax bills etc. Football in its purest form is a distant second priority I guess.
What about the legality of getting a ban for red cards? They can ban from competition for not following transfer rules, or deduct points from a club. The contract currently helps both sides the majority of the time...
Heinz Muller was involved in a legal challenge around contracts during his time at Mainz. The outcome, I think, applies across European Football. Players being commodities as much as employees. https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/a...essional-football-the-mueller-case-and-beyond
I see your point Jay and I also think it is likely that at some point there could be some kind of legal challenge. Comparing normal folk getting a better job for an extra £5k a year with a footballer trying to tear up a £150k per week contract so he can earn £175k per week doesn't really do this discussion justice because the two are not comparable (and is driven by greed in my opinion) but this is just looking at the very top of the game. If we were comparing a player earning £3k per week wanting to earn £5k per week then I can see the argument however it is still undermined somewhat by the protection they afforded by the very contract they no longer want to honour (in my opinion).
I might be being thick but isn't it basically a contract where the company hires a person to provide a service (play football) for a set period of time? The provider (player) agrees to provide the service for 3 years (for example) but during hat period if the company is offered a figure t believes is high enough then it can cancel the contract allowing the service provider to sign a service contract with a different company instead. Its no different really to an actor who signs up for 5 movies but can have that contract bought out by a different producer if they agree.
Yes. I reckon that in basic legal terms, a transfer fee is just the negotiation of a compensation payment for breach of contract.