FAT 023/08 (XL Basketball v/ AEL Limassol)

Follow up : 25 jan 2010
Following FIBA’s intervention, the club AEL Limassol BC honoured the FAT award and paid the adjudicated amounts to the claimant. As a result, FIBA lifted the ban on registration of new players which was imposed on the Club on 13 January 2010.

Follow up: 13 Jan 2010
In view of the fact that AEL Limassol BC continues to be in breach of its obligation to honour the FAT award, FIBA imposed a ban on registration of new players on AEL Limassol BC.”

Summary of the case:
A players' agency filed a claim against the Cypriot club AEL Limassol BC for agent fees in connection with the employment contract of the player Bruno Sundov.

The club denied the above claim submitting that there is no contract between the claimant and the respondent and that, in any event, the obligation to pay any agent fees was waived together with many other financial obligations as a result of the termination agreement signed by the respondent and the player.

The Arbitrator decided to uphold the claim in its entirety.