Category: Sports Law
Multilateral Sports Contracts: Lessons For Nigerian Professional League (NPFL)
The sporting world has been agog with a developing reality; the reality of agency relationship in th [...]
The NPFL: A Legal Perspective On The Fans, Ticketing, And Commercialization Of The Domestic League
By Steve Austin Nwabueze & Ayodeji Abdul
Introduction
Football or soccer? Whatever you call [...]
Emiliano Sala: The Birth of the “Death Clause” and Jurisprudential Lessons for the Nigerian Football League
By Idorenyin Umoh & Ibidoyin Aina
Introduction
It is no longer news that the football comm [...]
The Emerging Trend of eSports; Legal Considerations And The Nigerian Perspective
By Felix Chiemeka Nwosu
Introduction
On October 19, 1972, the first ever video game tournament [...]
Legal and Commercial Implications of the NPFL New Television Broadcast Deal
By Steve Austin Nwabueze
Introduction
Throughout the world, live coverage of major football [...]
The Right to Use Images of Athletes for Commercial Purposes – Gold Mine or Undermined?
By Steve Austin Nwabueze
The global obsession with footballers has created one of the great money s [...]
Highlights of The Proposed Bill For Establishment of Nigeria Football Federation, Other Connected Matters Therewith, 2019
By Chiemeka Felix Nwosu
Evolving an appropriate legal framework for the administration of Nigerian [...]
The Professional Athlete as an Employee Within The Context of The NPFL Rules
By Ibidoyin Aina
Professional sports have evolved over the years from a mere tool of entertainme [...]
Ex- Nigerian Footballers: The Unending Debate Of Neglect And The ROLE OF LAW (Part 2)
By Steve Austin Nwabueze
This article is the second and concluding part of a two-part paper artic [...]
Ex-Nigerian Footballers: The Unending Debate of Neglect And Role of The Law (Part 1)
By Steve Austin Nwabueze
This article is the first part of a two - part paper articulating the le [...]