In June 2016, the Russian Football Union (FUR) issued a new edition of Regulations on Status and Transfer of Players (FUR RSTP), where the FUR changed the method of calculation of training compensation. Following the enforcement of the new edition of the FUR RSTP, the clubs were (and still are) confused with the calculation of the relevant compensations for newly moved players under 23 years of age. Thus, a new wave of training compensation disputes has started before the FUR jurisdictional bodies.
The issue of training compensation is a core element of the football system, aiming to remunerate the academies and football clubs for preparations of talents for “big water”. Football jurisprudence knows many disputes, concerning a confrontation of interests of players’ ex and club-purchaser, where one is aiming to acquire the most probable amount of compensation and the other is wishing to save his money. Disputes regarding the calculation of training compensation shall be discussed in the present article following a Russian perspective.
Hereafter we analyze the renewed method of training compensation calculation enforced by the FUR and illustrate the current application of the FUR RSTP based on the national dispute resolution body’s (NDRC) latest decisions.
The FUR’s new method of calculation of training compensation - FUR RSTP (edition 8 June 2016)
On 8 June 2016, during the ongoing transfer window, the...
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