MINORS practice questions

Question 1

A 16-year-old amateur living with both parents abroad is offered an academy place in another association. The parents would relocate only so the player can join that academy. Is an international transfer generally permitted?

Accepted Answer

No; the parents-move exception requires that the family relocates for reasons not linked to football. Article 19 starts from a prohibition on international transfers of players under 18. One exception is that the player’s parents move to the country of the new club for reasons not linked to football. A move whose purpose is the academy place does not meet that exception. Training compensation and an agent’s signature are not substitutes.

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Yes, any amateur under 18 may transfer freely.

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No; the parents-move exception requires that the family relocates for reasons not linked to football.

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Yes, if the new club pays training compensation in advance.

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Yes, if the player’s Football Agent countersigns the ITC.

Question 2

A 17-year-old lives 40 km inside association A. The new club’s headquarters sit 40 km inside neighbouring association B, so the player’s home and the club are each within 50 km of the shared border and less than 100 km apart. Which Article 19 exception is this designed to test?

Accepted Answer

The 50/50 km border exception, which requires both the player’s home and the club to lie within 50 km of the common border. Article 19 includes a 50/50 kilometre exception for players living close to a national border: the player’s residence and the club must each be within 50 km of the common border, and the player must stay living at home. The EU/EEA path is a separate exception with education and housing conditions. Geography is not ignored.

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The EU/EEA 16-to-18 exception, which ignores geography.

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The 50/50 km border exception, which requires both the player’s home and the club to lie within 50 km of the common border.

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The humanitarian exception, which applies to every cross-border amateur.

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There is no geographical exception; only the parents-move rule exists.

Question 3

A Football Agent wants to Approach a 16-year-old’s parent about a first professional contract that local law will allow the minor to sign in five months. What must be true before that Approach?

Accepted Answer

It must fall no more than six months before the minor may sign a first professional contract, and the legal guardian’s prior written consent is required. FFAR Article 13 paragraph 1 allows an Approach to a minor or guardian only within six months of the age at which the minor may sign a first professional contract under the law where the minor will be employed, and only after prior written consent from the legal guardian. The agent must also complete the designated minors CPD before representing a minor.

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The Approach may be made at any time if the club already knows the player.

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It must fall no more than six months before the minor may sign a first professional contract, and the legal guardian’s prior written consent is required.

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Only the minor’s oral consent is required, because the parent will sign later.

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Approaches to minors are banned until the player turns 18 in every association.

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