This paper outlines the first four years of activity of the Câmara Nacional de Resolução de Disputas (CNRD) - the national dispute resolution chamber of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
During this period, the CNRD has managed to achieve significant institutional maturity. It received more than 680 disputes between clubs, players, coaches or intermediaries within Brazilian football (almost 65% of which were derived from arbitration clauses), and its work was has been constantly praised by several decisions of Brazil’s ordinary courts.
This article explores the path the CNRD has traced over the years, the main challenges it has faced, the choices it has made and the results it has obtained.
The CNRD’s position in the structure of Brazilian organized football
In light of the CBF Statutes, the CNRD can be described as a judicial body independent of the CBF’s administrative structure (Art. 111), with decision-making powers to resolve disputes between certain participants of the Brazilian organized football (Art.119). These participants must comply with the CNRD’s decision (Art. 23) and are subject to sporting sanctions if they fail to do so. The CBF regulates persons subject to the CNRD’s jurisdiction, the types of disputes that can be drawn to its attention, how its procedures must take place and what sanctions it can impose (Art. 120). These issues are defined in the CNRD Rules (Rules).
Article 2 of the Rules lists persons subject to...
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