The blended learning diploma course in sports law (in Spanish), unique in Uruguay, analyzes the latest reforms in international sports law and brings together the best professionals in the country for eight days of classes in Montevideo
More and more Uruguayan First Division clubs are adopting the Sociedad Anónima Deportiva (SAD) (sports public limited company) model, a recommendation suggested by FIFA, in search of external capital investment and more professionalized sport management. Sports law, the laws and regulations governing the sports industry, is the gateway to such professionalization that should increasingly bring South American football into line with European football. And it is also the mission of Johan Cruyff Institute to train professionals in the sector in all those competencies that will improve their management. Johan Cruyff Institute will offer the first and only blended learning diploma course in sports law in Uruguay, combining an online part dedicated to international law with eight days of face-to-face classes in Montevideo, spread over two weeks, on national law.
The course will start on June 15 with the five-week online part on international law, and will continue in Montevideo from July 26 to 29 and from August 5 to 8, with eight days of face-to-face classes in which eight of the best professionals in sports law in Uruguay will participate. The Radisson Victoria Plaza in Montevideo will host the participants on the program.
The first module on international sports law, designed and taught by Enric Ripoll, will analyze all aspects related to: the organization of sports entities; the contracting of professional athletes; FIFA transfers, solidarity, the training of youth players and intermediaries in the world of football; disciplinary procedures, ethics and good governance; anti-doping procedures, and alternative dispute resolution systems with federations and arbitration tribunals. Enric Ripoll is a prestigious Spanish lawyer with 14 years of experience in civil and administrative matters, specializing in international sports law and negotiation. Enric advises clubs, intermediaries, athletes and federations on labor contracts, image rights, disciplinary matters in match-fixing, financial fair play and anti-doping measures, among others.
The program will delve into the essential aspects of Uruguayan sports law in the second module. The on-site classes in Montevideo will cover topics such as labor relations in football and the new AUF statute; the Peñarol vs. PSG case at the TAS (FIFA); AUF signings and transfers; image rights in sport and the rights of athletes regarding the processing of their personal data; criminal law and sport; labor rights in women’s football; clubs’ need for financing; and the SAD as a successful model in football and the example of Uruguay as an option for investment and growth.
The faculty that will teach this on-site module is composed of professionals such as Juan Silva Cerón, former professional football player, lawyer at Estudio Jurídico Silva Cerón y Asociados, and PhD in Law and Social Sciences from UDELAR; Álvaro Galeano, PhD in Law and Social Sciences, sports law advisor to first division clubs in Uruguay, as well as FIFA players and agents; Mauricio Monroy, president of the Colombian Football Coaches Committee (COCEF) and international agent of Johan Cruyff Institute in Colombia; Agustín López Carriquiry, PhD in Law and Social Sciences and advisor to clubs, agents, intermediaries, football players and federations; Martín Acosta Cruz, PhD in Law and Social Sciences and specialist in sports law, copyright, image law and intellectual property; Martín Frustaci, PhD in Law and Social Sciences, teacher of courses and workshops on criminal procedural law, and member of the Court of Penalties of the AUF and Liga Universitaria; María José García Suárez, lawyer specialized in commercial law, intellectual property and sports law, as well as vice-president and founder of AFUCOL; and María Balsa Cadenas, PhD in Law and Social Sciences, and expert in intellectual property and new technologies with more than 25 years of experience.
The program is aimed at all those people who already have a notion of sport management and organization and wish to complete their training, with a specialized course in sports law that will give them the knowledge to identify the different legal aspects that come into play in sport management and football business, and the tools to resolve the conflicts that professionals in the sector face on a daily basis.
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