Football Agent News Clippings

2024

January 2024

• 02 – FIFA prepare for impending lawsuit from agents over new regulations
• 10 – FIFA Circular 1874 – FIFA Football Agent Regulations: licensing updates and information on the Agents Chamber of the FIFA Football Tribunal⁠ (pdf) – (FIFA)

March 2024

• ⁠13 – ⁠FIFA, German association fail to overturn temporary ban on rules for football agents⁠
• 13 – Injunction against FIFA agent rules remains in place – German court⁠
• 29 – ⁠U.S. Soccer and FIFA antitrust lawsuit: U.S. Supreme Court could upend ‘FIFA’s authority to govern the game’

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2023

January 2023

• 09 – New football agent rules come into force as FIFA cuts commissions and demands licensing

March 2023

• ⁠21 – ⁠Swiss soccer player agents file challenge to FIFA rules⁠

April 2023

• 24 – (SPAIN) The Football Federation collects 110,000 euros with the Fifa agent exam
• 27 – Fifty-two per cent of candidates pass the first FIFA football agent exam (FIFA)
• 28 – Football agents complain to EU over FIFA’s fee crackdown

May 2023

• 11 – FIFA agent regulations survive Dutch injunction request⁠
• 24 – Injunction granted in Germany over new FIFA regulations and entry exam⁠

June 2023

• ⁠20 – Agents fight back against ‘anti-competitive’ fee earnings caps⁠

July 2023

• ⁠24 – CAS Arbitral Award – PROFAA vs FIFA (pdf)
• 24 – FIFA welcomes CAS decision on FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FIFA)
• 24 – PROFAA Statement on CAS ruling on FIFA Football Agent Regulations

August 2023

• ⁠10 – Total of 10,383 candidates register for second FIFA football agent exam – (FIFA)

September 2023

• ⁠08 – Information update on the preliminary injunction granted by the Landgericht Dortmund in the procedure 8 O 1/23 (Kart) (FIFA)
• 20 – FIFA agents’ exam descends into CHAOS amid a lack of working WiFi and integrity concerns after candidates were able to use their phones⁠

November 2023

• ⁠06 – The Spanish Association of Football Agents wins an interim measures lawsuit against FIFA and RFEF
• 30 – Football agents celebrate FA tribunal victory in fight against Fifa regulations
• 30 – ⁠Football agents land major victory over Fifa after commission cap ruling
• 30 – Statement on Arbitration Proceeding by Agencies to Challenge NFAR Implementation – The FA (England)

December 2023

• ⁠14 – ⁠FA ‘Rule K’ Arbitration Award Published Following Proceedings by Football Agencies⁠
• 15 – Football Agent Working Group holds second meeting
• 30 – FIFA Circular 1873 – FIFA Football Agent Regulations: update on implementation⁠ (pdf) – (FIFA)

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2022

February 2022

• 27 – FIFA vs agents: There’s a storm coming

December 2022

• 18 – FIFA President announces 10% cap on agent fees and major changes in transfer rule

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2021

March 2021

• 31 – Leading agents ready for war with Fifa over new rules

October 2021

• 01 – FIFA’s new Football Tribunal dispute chambers open for business

December 2021

• 15 – The FIFA rule that could turn the transfer market upside down
• 15 – Fifa plans to publish new agent regulations in 2022 despite threat of legal action
• 16 – (Top Agent) unhappy with FIFA’s consultation efforts on agent reforms and says legal action possible

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2020

January 2020

• 22 – ‘super agents’ threaten Fifa with lawsuit over plan for tougher regulations

March 2020

• 20 – Stop Stand Still – Why Regulating Football Agents Is More Than Just A Cap On Fees

November 2020

• 05 – Fifa to introduce new agent regulations and limit commission

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2019

September 2019

• 25 – (FIFA) FIFA and football stakeholders recommend cap on agents’ commissions and limit on loans
• 27 – Agent Group Solicits Donations to Sue FIFA Over Transfer Limits

December 2019

• 19 – Would FIFA’s Newly Proposed Agents’ Regulations Comply With German & EU Law?

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2018

September 2018

• 25 – Fifa to discuss plans to curb agents’ fees and re-introduce licensing system
• 25 – Fifa agrees to limit loan deals and re-introduce agent regulation

November 2018

• 15 – Fifa set to impose major reforms for the football agent industry by 2020

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2009 – 2017

May 2017

• 12 – FIFA to review agents rules over Pogba deal debate

July 2015

• 08 – The era of the “player agent” is over, but they still have a place in football

October 2014

• 21 – The End of the Licensed Football Agent?

October 2010

• 06 – FIFA likely to drop licensed agent rule
• 05 – Fifa to ‘axe licensed agent rule’

November 2009

• ## – FIFA are set to ABOLISH their football agents licence system in an incredible climbdown
• 12 – Fifa to give up regulating player agents

June 2009

• 03 – Soccer-Licensed agent scheme failed, say FIFA

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