At 9 p.m. tonight [July 8th] we’ll find out where Lebron James – who at age 25 has already made $68 million in NBA salary and around $200 million in endorsement deals – will play for the next five or six years. It seems that he’ll select from one of four teams: the Miami Heat, the New York Knicks, the Chicago Bulls or his current team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
What factors could be motivating his decision? A supposedly leading reason for James to sign with the Knicks is that he would attract better endorsement opportunities there than if he stayed in Cleveland or signed with Chicago or Miami. Is that true? Even if it is, do differences in state income taxes prove more valuable than differences in potential endorsement income?
A European Club Association (ECA) delegation, led by Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and
General Secretary Michele Centenaro met with Androulla Vassiliou, the EU Commissioner
responsible for Sport, in Brussels.
The CAS annuls the FEI’s decision to relegate Great Britain from the 2010 Nations Cup
Lausanne, 6 April 2010 - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rendered its final decision in the arbitration concerning the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) and the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI).
FIBA chooses Luscher's 'House of Basketball' for headquarters
GENEVA/MIES, Switzerland / 18th December 2009 - FIBA today revealed theproject that will in future house the Federation's world headquarters, during a press conference in Mies, Switzerland.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport does not have jurisdiction to re-hear the case of Claudia Pechstein
WOMEN'S SPEED SKATING
THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS)
DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION TO RE-HEAR
THE CASE OF CLAUDIA PECHSTEIN
Vancouver, 18 February 2010 – The ad hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the application filed by the German speed skater Claudia Pechstein against the German National Olympic Committee (DOSB) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
CBF anticipates mid-season registration period: some juridical remarks
Recently, with a short statement posted on its website, the Confederação Brasileira de Futbol (CBF) announced the anticipation of its mid-season registration period. Instead of taking place between the 3rd and the 31st of August 2010, as established by the Resolução da Presidencia 02/2005, the (inaccurately) so-called “transfer window” will start on the 20th of July 2010 and end on the 19th of August 2010.
By Stefano MALVESTIO - LLM in International Sports Law (ISDE 2010)
CESC and FIFA’s Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players’ article 17
We constantly witness how newspapers explore -on an almost daily basis- the possibility of CESC using the infamous article 17 of FIFA’s Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players. I will thus try to clear out what that article means and how it might be used by a player.
SPAIN: NEW TAX POLICY FOR FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL SPORTSMEN. THE “BECKHAM ACT” IS OVER
Romà Bosch
BACKGROUND
Final Provision number 13 of the Spanish Act 23/2009 has modified the previous tax treatment of high-income foreign employees working in Spain. The modification has been effective since 1st January 2010. With the new law, the period where foreign players recruited by Spanish football clubs could choose a tax treatment better than the one applying to Spanish players, is over.
