TRIBUNAL practice questions

Question 1

An international dispute over outstanding salary between a professional and a club, with an international dimension, is typically heard first by which FIFA chamber?

Accepted Answer

The Dispute Resolution Chamber. Employment-related disputes with an international dimension, including outstanding remuneration, are the classic Dispute Resolution Chamber docket. The Players’ Status Chamber is not a criminal court, Congress does not hear wage claims, and the Clearing House is a payment institution, not a first-instance labour tribunal.

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The Players’ Status Chamber acting as a criminal court.

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The Dispute Resolution Chamber.

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The FIFA Congress standing committee on wages.

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The Clearing House board of directors.

Question 2

A club seeks a decision on an international transfer and player-status regulatory issue rather than a pure employment-money claim. Which chamber is the usual FIFA forum?

Accepted Answer

The Players’ Status Chamber. The Players’ Status Chamber handles regulatory and status matters, including many international-transfer and eligibility issues. Ethics is a separate judicial track for ethics offences. The secretariat’s press function and a league ombudsman are not the FIFA forum.

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The Players’ Status Chamber.

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The Ethics Committee sitting in ordinary chamber.

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The general secretariat’s media office.

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A domestic league ombudsman designated by FIFA Statutes.

Question 3

How does the Football Tribunal relate to the Court of Arbitration for Sport?

Accepted Answer

The Tribunal is FIFA’s first-instance judicial body for the disputes assigned to it; eligible decisions may still be appealed to CAS where the regulations so provide. The Football Tribunal is FIFA’s internal first-instance structure. It does not abolish CAS. Where the applicable regulations provide an appeal, CAS remains the ordinary independent appeal path. Parties do not start at CAS as a filing office for every FIFA docket, and CAS is not limited to doping.

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The Tribunal replaced CAS; FIFA decisions are final with no appeal.

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The Tribunal is FIFA’s first-instance judicial body for the disputes assigned to it; eligible decisions may still be appealed to CAS where the regulations so provide.

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Every Football Tribunal filing must be lodged at CAS first.

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CAS hears only doping, so employment appeals die at FIFA.

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