O REI Sports Law Institute

O REI Sport Law Publications

A working archive of student writing in international sports law.

Selected student articles and master's theses produced inside O REI. A working record of how the next generation of sports lawyers is thinking about the legal questions shaping the industry.

Selected LLM theses from each edition of the programme.

Master's Theses

13 entries

2025-2026 edition

7 entries

Master's thesesPDF
2026

State Ownership, Concentrated Control and Competitive Integrity in Saudi Football: A Legal Analysis of Public Investment, Club Autonomy and De Facto Multi-Club Ownership in the Saudi Pro League.

#Saudi Pro League#multi-club ownership#state ownership#PIF

Hassan Youssef

LLM 2025-2026 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

Master's thesesPDF
2026

Beyond Consent: Reforming the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the European Legal Order

#CAS arbitration#sports arbitration#EU sports law#European legal order

Guy Schlaefli

LLM 2025-2026 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

Master's thesesPDF
2026

Temporary Rule, Structural Impact: Rethinking FIFA Normalisation Committees

#FIFA governance#normalisation committees#member associations#football governance

Julius van der Steen

LLM 2025-2026 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

Master's theses
2026

Sustainability as a Condition for Competition: The Legal Enforceability of ESG Criteria in UEFA and FIFA Club Licensing Frameworks

#ESG in football#sustainability#UEFA club licensing#FIFA regulations

Andrés Arcia Miller

LLM 2025-2026 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

Master's thesesPDF
2026

The Principle of Sporting Succession: From a Judicially Created Concept to a Codified Tool Against Football Clubs’ Avoidance of Mandatory Financial Responsibilities’’

#sporting succession#FIFA regulations#CAS jurisprudence#football club debts

Krisstian Terziev

LLM 2025-2026 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

Master's thesesPDF
2026

From Redistribution Rule to Payment Infrastructure: FIFA Training Rewards after the FIFA Clearing House - EPP/TMS Data Governance, Evidentiary Burdens, and Procedural Fairness before the FIFA Football Tribunal and CAS

#FIFA Clearing House#Electronic Player Passport#training compensation#solidarity mechanism

Leo Chicher

LLM 2025-2026 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

Master's thesesPDF
2026

Evolution, Not Revolution: The Diarra Judgment and Contractual Stability in Global Football

#Diarra judgment#contractual stability#FIFA RSTP#football transfers

Sebastian Pudzianowski

LLM 2025-2026 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

2024-2025 edition

6 entries

Master's thesesPDF
2026

The Specificity of Sport in the Context of EU Competition Law

#EU competition law#specificity of sport#sports governance#Article 101 TFEU

Brice Belhumeur

LLM 2024-2025 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

Master's thesesPDF
2026

Player Mobility in Football: A Comparative Legal Study of European and U.S. Sports Models

#player mobility#football transfers#European sports model#U.S. sports model

Emely Saenz

LLM 2024-2025 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

Master's thesesPDF
2026

Tennis Beyond the Court: Safeguarding Players through Legal and Structural Reforms in the ATP, WTA and ITF

#tennis governance#player welfare#safeguarding#ATP

Lou Brouleau

LLM 2024-2025 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

Master's thesesPDF
2026

Enhancing the fight against Doping through Athlete integrity and Prevention

#anti-doping#WADA#athlete integrity#doping prevention

Author: Josue Emanuel Arroyo Angulo

LLM 2024-2025 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

Master's thesesPDF
2026

Dispute Resolution in Football from the Perspective of Player Agents: Arbitration, Regulation, and the Applicability of Brazilian Law

#football agents#FIFA regulations#CAS arbitration#dispute resolution

Pedro Henrique Gomes Ramiz Wright

LLM 2024-2025 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

Master's thesesPDF
2026

The Role of Waivers in the FIFA Clearing House System: Legal and Procedural Challenges in Training Compensation Disputes

#FIFA Clearing House#training compensation#solidarity mechanism#Electronic Player Passport

Alexander Kirov

LLM 2024-2025 O REI Sports Law Graduate

12 June 2026

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