For FIFA and the CAS, a national football federation cannot terminate, on the grounds of non-achievement of a sporting objective, unilaterally and in advance the employment contract of the selector or assistant coach of the national team without payment. compensation.

The announcement of FC Girondins de Bordeaux of its financial difficulties following the departure from King Street, is an opportunity to recall the sporting consequences, and in particular a demotion, if a football club is the subject of a reorganization procedure or compulsory liquidation.

On January 19, 2017, the Commercial Court of Hainaut, in the context of the dispute between the player Lassana Diarra and FIFA and the Belgian Football Federation, declared article 17.2 of the Regulation of Status and Transfer of Players.

The Supreme Court has just recalled, in a ruling dated February 4 2015 (c Gunn / Poitiers Basket 86, 13-26.172 No), the prohibition of termination clauses in the contracts of fixed-term work of professional sportsmen.

A judgment of the Court of Arbitration for Sport of December 3, 2014 makes it possible to reconsider the notion of "just cause" allowing one of the two parties (the player or the club) to terminate the employment contract binding them in advance.

The Strasbourg and Grenoble football clubs have resorted to redundancies. This is an opportunity to review the procedure for the professional security contract, created by Law No. 2011-893 of July 28, 2011, which is aimed at employees whose redundancy is envisaged.

The legislator has authorized a new case of early termination of the Fixed-Term Contract: the physical incapacity of the employee noted by the occupational physician (law 2011-525 of May 17, 2011 applicable since May 19)