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Liz Coley offers top tips for football club administrators on drafting clear player contracts, focusing on defined terms, payment dates, option versus automatic extension clauses, bonus schedules, and intermediary payments.
Football Club specialist Liz Coley shares her top tips for
football club administrators in drafting player contracts more
clearly.
This article, written for Law In Sport, aims to assist Club
Secretaries who do not have access to internal or external legal
resources with drafting player contracts and associated
documentation clearly. There are of course many areas which could
be focused on, however this article looks at 5 key areas:
Use of defined terms to simplify the standard playing
contract;
The content of this article is intended to provide a general
guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought
about your specific circumstances.
