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#55 : FIFA and FFAR Legitimacy Scrutinised Again in Europe - New 'Capping' Dispute to Impact Football Agents - Problems for Salary Caps in Football - Today is More About the Agency Than The Agent?

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Gianluca Medina says FIFA’s legitimacy to regulate agents is “one of the most controversial parts” of the FFAR.

1. The Agents Angle #55 focuses on ECJ hearings on FIFA’s FFAR and a new Premier League salary-cap dispute. 2. Hosts Jonathan and Peter frame the episode as an agent-world update, while guest Gianluca Medina of Legislab brings sports-law analysis. 3. The episode asks whether FFAR legitimacy is being narrowed in Europe and whether cap rules will change football agents’ work. 4. The hosts say the ECJ hearings on Wednesday were not publicly streamed, which forced listeners to rely on submissions and commentary. 5. Peter separates the Rogon v DFB case from the IRC Sports v FIFA case and ties both to Article 101 TFEU. 6. The Rogon case concerns Articles 12, 8, and 9 of the FFAR and whether an agent can only perform services as one part of a transaction. 7. The IRC Sports v FIFA case examines remuneration caps, third-party payment bans, licensing rules, cooperation limits, and transparency duties. 8. The hosts also discuss the Premier League’s proposed anchoring rule, which would base spending limits on the bottom club’s revenue. 9. The Premier League proposal is described as a possible hard cap on player salaries, agent fees, and club spending, with the PFA threatening legal action. 10. The discussion compares English football with UEFA’s 70% revenue rule, the NFL, the NBA, and the Australian A-League. 11. Medina explains that Italy already has a licensing system from 2018 and a 2021 sports reform, but the new implementing decree has not been published. 12. He says the FIGC announced a compliant framework on 28 September 2023 and again on 1 October 2024, but Italy remains under the February 2022 rules. 13. Medina describes the ECJ’s Mecca-Medina test as a three-stage test focused on legitimate aims, necessity, and proportionality. 14. He says the ECJ’s interpretation of that test could be a landmark for how EU competition law applies to football agents. 15. Medina argues that FIFA’s legitimacy to regulate agents is one of the most controversial parts of the FFAR framework. 16. He points to the July 2023 CAS award and a quoted line about policing economic activity as matters that keep the legitimacy question open. 17. The interview style is legal and technical, with both hosts repeatedly pushing for practical implications for agents rather than abstract doctrine. 18. The tone stays analytical and cautious, with repeated references to pending opinions, delayed judgments, and unresolved regulatory timing. 19. Listeners interested in football-agent regulation, EU law, and transfer-market rules would get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting light football talk without legal detail may skip it.

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