Is What is Good for the Goose also Good for the Gander?: A Diagnostics Appraisal of the FIFA’s Proscription of Third Party Ownership of Professional Footballers’ Rights

  • Emmanuel Oluwafemi Olowononi Nigerian Law School, Headquarters, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria.

Abstract

This paper takes a critical analysis of football transfer market rules of third party Ownership of Professional Footballers’ Rights by appraising the Case of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano and FIFA’s restrictive measures. The work examines the essential underpinning principles and philosophical justification of the proscription of the practice by FIFA. In doing this, the work considers the sophistication and extant development of the various football continental bodies. The work concludes that what is good for the goose is not always good for the gander and as such total proscription is unacceptable

Published
2019-02-04
How to Cite
OLOWONONI, Emmanuel Oluwafemi. Is What is Good for the Goose also Good for the Gander?: A Diagnostics Appraisal of the FIFA’s Proscription of Third Party Ownership of Professional Footballers’ Rights. NIU Journal of Social Sciences, [S.l.], v. 4, n. 4, p. 111-115, feb. 2019. ISSN 3007-1690. Available at: <https://www.kampalajournals.ac.ug/ojs/index.php/niujoss/article/view/446>. Date accessed: 06 apr. 2026.