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©  FIFA
FIFA/FIFPro: creation of a global fund for the protection of players' salaries ($16m over 2020-2022)

"FIFA and FIFPro, the World Players' Union, have reached an agreement to establish the FIFA Fund for Football Players (FIFA FFP), which aims to provide financial support to players who have not been paid and have no chance of duly receiving the wages agreed with their clubs," announced the two…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 174982
• Published on 13/02/20 at 15:54
©  UEFA
UEFA/CONMEBOL: signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding and creation of four joint committees

The UEFA executive committee and the CONMEBOL Council have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), replacing "the agreement that was signed in 2012", during a meeting at the House of European Football in Nyon (SUI), announced the European body on 12/02/2020. "This new MoU forms the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 175116
• Published on 13/02/20 at 15:09
©  MLS
MLS: agreement in principle for a collective agreement (2020-2024 cycle) with increase in salary cap

Major League Soccer and the players' union of the North American League (MLSPA) have reached an agreement in principle on the terms of a new collective agreement, which will be used for the next five seasons (2020-2024), announced MLS on 06/02/2020. The adoption of this new collective agreement…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Transfer Market
• Article # 175136
• Published on 13/02/20 at 13:40
©  Formula One Group
Formula 1: the Chinese Grand Prix (17 - 19/04/2020) postponed because of the coronavirus epidemic

"The 2020 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, which was to take place in Shanghai (CHN) from 17 to 19/04/2020, has been postponed due to the new coronavirus epidemic," announced Formula One Group on 12/02/2020. "Due to continuing health concerns, the FIA and Formula One Group have taken these measures…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 175061
• Published on 12/02/20 at 18:15
©  CAF
Africa: CAF complains of "false and unsubstantiated claims" regarding its financial operations

"The structural changes undertaken by CAF will not be derailed by misleading reports in some media. The CAF executive committee reserves the right to prosecute all authors of false and unsubstantiated claims in the media and social networks," said the African body in a statement on 09/02/2020…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 174943
• Published on 12/02/20 at 16:19
©  AC Milan
AC Milan: Valerio Rocchetti and Alessandro Zissis join the club's commercial structure

"AC Milan is delighted to announce the appointment of Valerio Rocchetti as retail, licensing and e-commerce director and of Alessandro Zissis as venue director," announced the club in a statement on 06/02/2020. Before joining the Milanese club, Valerio Rocchetti had held the positions of head…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 174801
• Published on 11/02/20 at 11:55
©  Premier League
Premier League: "We will move to direct-to-consumer and traditional media right sales" (R. Masters)

"During the last (rights bidding) process (for the 2019-2022 seasons) we spent quite a lot of time and invested a lot of resources in building our expertise and capacity in 'direct-to-consumer'. We considered whether strategically it would be the right time to test a few markets then and decided…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 174783
• Published on 10/02/20 at 15:35
©  NP
GSW 2020: "Fearless Football programme to prevent the sexual abuse of women" (Prince A. bin Hussein)

"We're doing a programme called 'Fearless Football' to prevent the sexual abuse of women in the sport. When we started in one of the refugee camps, we were working with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) at the time. We wanted to use football to teach them about landmark…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 174668
• Published on 10/02/20 at 14:54
©  NTF
GSW 2020: "We need to find the stories in the data to further engage with fans" (A. Heyden, DFL)

"We live in a world we're now drowning in data. So the challenge now is to take this data and be able to tell stories with it. Essentially, we need to find the stories in the data, and then use these to further engage with fans and the fan experience," said Andreas Heyden (GER), executive…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 174679
• Published on 07/02/20 at 16:59
©  Premier League
Premier League: betting sponsors and VAR "here to stay" (Richard Masters / press)

Betting sponsors and VAR are "here to stay," according to Premier League chief executive Richard Masters, who who spoke to the British newspaper The Guardian on 04/02/2020. Richard Masters said that the Premier League will resist attempts to ban clubs from promoting sports betting operators on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 174629
• Published on 07/02/20 at 14:45