CAS’ status as sport’s supreme court is questioned – and why this is significant

An expert at the European Union’s highest court has questioned whether Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) verdicts really should be the last word in sports rows, potentially overturning a system that has worked across sport since 1984. On Thursday, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published Advocate General Tamara Capeta’s opinion on the dispute between Belgian side RFC Seraing and FIFA, world football’s governing body. That argument started in 2015, shortly after FIFA had banned third party ownership (TPO) of players’ economic rights, a practice that saw investors…Read More