Sports contracts: real deal or paper cuffs?
08 July 2014
How often does it happen that we’re up in arms when our favourite sports player just goes off and signs... a new contract with a new club or team? To most of us, it seems disloyal. Aren’t these players bound to their teams by some form of contract? Why do the clubs not enforce these contracts, or are these players ‘above the law’? To answer these questions it is important to understand more about the nature of sport contracts.