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Conventional arbitration in the professional footballers’ labour market: an assessment of the FLAC experience
Author(s) -
Speight Alan E. H,
Thomas Dennis A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00056
Subject(s) - arbitration , league , football , compensation (psychology) , context (archaeology) , law and economics , law , economics , business , political science , psychology , history , social psychology , physics , archaeology , astronomy
This article describes the operations of the Football League Appeals Committee in determining ‘compensation’ fees for disputed transfers of ‘end of contract’ football players, and examines its settlements with respect to ‘case facts’ and ‘final offers’. The FLAC system has been generally viewed as fair in principle and its retention, in a post‐Bosman regime, should ensure the continuation of an interesting context in which to examine arbitration behaviour.