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The Ter Stegen Case

The Ter Stegen case highlights a complex legal clash between medical data privacy, contractual obligations and LaLiga’s financial regulations. Triggered by the goalkeeper’s initial refusal to authorize the release of his medical report, the dispute raised questions over players’ consent, disciplinary measures and registration rules. Resolved on 8 August 2025 after Ter Stegen granted consent, the case offers key insights into balancing clubs’ sporting interests with athletes’ fundamental rights under data protection and labor laws.
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TAS 2024/A/10820 Olympique des Alpes SA et Barthélémy Constantin c. Association Suisse de Football

This case concerned disciplinary sanctions imposed by the Swiss FA (Association Suisse de Football - ASF) on Olympique des Alpes SA and its sporting director Barthélémy Constantin in relation to statements made after a Swiss Super League match. The CAS did not rule on whether the remarks breached ASF disciplinary rules. Instead, the Sole Arbitrator set aside the decision on procedural grounds, finding that the ASF’s internal bodies had not sufficiently investigated key factual elements and had not ensured full respect for the appellants' right to be heard.

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Gabigol Case: CAS 2024/A/10473 Gabriel Barbosa Almeida v. União & ABCD

This case concerned the conduct of Gabriel Barbosa Almeida during a doping control on 8 April 2023. The player was suspended for two years by the Brazilian Anti-Doping Tribunal for allegedly tampering with the doping control process. The CAS Panel overturned the decision, finding that while the player’s behaviour was inappropriate and non-cooperative, it did not meet the threshold for a violation under Article 2.5 of the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC).

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Special Report: Key Specific Clauses in Player and Coach Contracts with Clubs

 
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The edition’s Special Report, “Key Specific Clauses in Player and Coach Contracts with Clubs”, offers a practical and in-depth review of some of the most sensitive and strategically important provisions found in football employment contracts. With the summer transfer window fast approaching in Europe, this Special Report has been designed to help lawyers, clubs, federations and agents better understand, draft and negotiate key clauses regulating the relationship between players, coaches and clubs.

Following the structure introduced in Football Legal # 19 (focused on club-to-club transfer clauses), this new Special Report takes a clause-by-clause approach to core and sometimes controversial topics. The issues examined include, among others, duration and termination clauses, remuneration and net salary guarantees, disciplinary provisions, religious practices, pandemic-related risks, geopolitical instability and waivers of the FIFA RSTP framework.

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