Player advice
Under Player counseling is understood in Germany the service of support and advice from professional players or aspiring professional footballers. From a legal point of view, a distinction must be made between player advisors and players' agents.
According to the DFB players' agent regulations, an agent is "... any natural or legal person who represents players and / or clubs in negotiations with a view to concluding a professional player contract or clubs in negotiations with regard to the conclusion of a transfer agreement for a fee or free of charge." According to the FIFA regulations for the status and transfer of players, a professional player is a "player who has a written contract with a club and receives more money for his footballing activity than is actually necessary to cover his expenses."
In contrast, the advisory service includes sporting and outdoor sports issues. In comparison, players' agents mainly and recurrently take care of the placement of players to clubs and the associated contract negotiations. However, player advice goes beyond that and also refers to the fields of sports advice, advice on making supposedly correct decisions, preparation for important competitions, nutrition, athletics, cognitive development, dealing with pressure situations, dealing with mistakes, etc. A player advisor should also have a corresponding one Bring a network of experts in different, related subject areas, such as B. in the medical area, athletic area, tax advice, in the mental area, marketing but also for topics like mobility and living.
Individual evidence
- ↑ see interview with the expert for sports and club law Marius Breucker. mdr.de: Player advisor Markus Hein wants to be on the board: conflict of interest at HFC? Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ↑ Player agency: regulations. March 12, 2015, accessed January 30, 2019 .
- ↑ FIFA.com: About FIFA - Documents - Laws of the Game and Regulations. Accessed January 30, 2019 .