Challenges of Creating a National Arbitration Court for Sports: A Comparative Study with regard to CAS

Abstract

Considering the successful experience of national sport arbitration centers in resolving the sport related disputes specifically with regard to huge amounts of money in sports disputes, makes it almost necessary to create a national forum to solve the sport related disputes based on national customs and rules. In doing so one should consider carefully all legal aspects, bearing in mind previous international and national efforts, in order to develop the best model for a national sport arbitration center. In this research the legal challenges against the Court of Arbitration for Sports and the patterns resulted from these challenges which should carefully be considered in creating a national forum for resolving sport disputes, would be discussed. Thus after studying the position of sport arbitrations in today’s world and in national levels, the necessity for existence and also the fundamental principles that can undermine the credibility of such entities would be examined.

Keywords

• arbitration
• court of arbitration for sports
• principle of consensuality
• principle of independence
• international sports law