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2008 Annual Survey: Recent Developments in Sports Law 437 (2008)

handle is hein.blasports/ansrvds0019 and id is 1 raw text is: SURVEY 2008 ANNUAL SURVEY: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SPORTS LAW INTRODUCTION This survey reports on sports-related cases that were decided between January 1 and December 31, 2008. The survey was not intended to include every case related to sports law decided in the past year, but instead to provide summaries of some of the more significant and interesting cases. The intention behind this survey is to give the reader an understanding of the breadth and depth of the law as it is applied in the sports context and to highlight the developments in sports law in 2008. To aid the reader, the survey is divided into subsections based on particular areas of sports law.1 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Alternative dispute resolution is a collection of extrajudicial means, including mediation and arbitration, by which conflicts can be resolved. In the international sports context, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), based in Switzerland, is a forum in which many sports conflicts are resolved. For many sports governing bodies around the world, use of this arbitration system is obligatory. For conflicts arising during the course of the Olympic Games, the CAS ad hoc Division resolves conflicts on-site in an expedited process. In part because of the CAS system, alternative dispute resolution has become an important development in international sports. Apollon Kalamarias FC v. Olympiacos FC2 Apollon and Olympiacos played an official football match where Apollon fielded an ineligible player. The Disciplinary Committee of the Super League ordered the match replayed. The Appeal Committee upheld the match in Olympiacos' favor and deducted one point from Apollon's standing. CAS held it had jurisdiction because the Football Matches Regulations, Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), and FIFA, the international federation for football, 1. The cases are listed in alphabetical order within each section. 2. CAS 2008/A/1525, award of Apr. 21, 2008.

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