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The salary cap, a key device in French professional rugby
The transfer of Cheslin Kolbe in 2021 led the NRL to strengthen its rules on salary cap. Since 2023, part of the transfer compensation has been introduced into the calculation of the payroll of professional rugby clubs.
Salary cap or ceiling on payroll
The Council of State, by a judgment of December 11, 2019, considered that the salary cap or capping of the payroll did not "disproportionately affect the freedom of contract or the freedom to undertake and which has no impact on freedom of association in sports matters. "
Promise to hire sportsmen: the will of the parties as a determining criterion retained by the Court of Cassation
The Court of Cassation (by two judgments of 2017) clarified the respective definitions of the offer and the unilateral promise of a sportsman's employment contract between a sports club (rugby) and a player (recognizes the existence of a contract due to the meeting of the wishes of the parties)
Doping sanction individual and team sport: what consequences for the team?
In the event of a positive doping control test for a player in a team sport, what are the consequences for the player, but also for the team? Example of the Russian national volleyball team ...
Sports Nationality: how to change the national team? Rugby (2)
The presence of the Qatar team in the final of the Handball World Championship highlighted the regulations of the International Handball Federation concerning the possibility for an athlete to change national team. What about in other sports? 1st example, Football.