Within the sports industry, few, if any, jobs are as vulnerable as the job of the football coach/manager. A study conducted by RunRepeat in December 20202 showed that averagely coaches and managers for clubs in the top five leagues in Europe last between 35 and 69 matches before they are replaced. The same study shows that less than ten percent of the football coaches and managers leave after the end of the contract

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) offers resolution of sports-related disputes through arbitration. This article describes the role of the arbitrator in cases dealt with by CAS, the procedures that the parties will need to be aware of, including the parties’ possibility to choose arbitrators from the CAS list of arbitrators.