FIFPro: Legal conference on the rights of professional footballers on 30/09 and 01/10/2014

The latest developments at the CAS (the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, SUI), transfers of underage players, TPO (third party ownership of players) and the operation of the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) DRC (Dispute Resolution Chamber) are some of the topics to be discussed at the FIFPro (International Federation of Professional Footballers) Legal Conference on the rights of professional football players, held at the headquarters of the international union in Hoofddorp (the Netherlands) on 30/09 and 01/10/2014.

"The (professional football) player is rapidly developing into a commodity, a piece of merchandise. For FIFPro, as the defender of the rights of all professional footballers worldwide, this is of course unacceptable. A professional footballer is an employee, a worker with legal rights. We organised our annual Legal Conference with this in mind," said Wil van Megen, the head of FIFPro's Legal Department on 25/09/2014.

Nearly 90 legal experts, legal representatives of the players union, experts from the FIFA DRC and mediators from the CAS…