Discrimination in football: a guide to The FA’s new charging policies and sanctioning guidelines
In August 2020, after consultation with various stakeholders, The Football Association (The FA) published new charging policies and sanctioning guidelines for discrimination by participants and spectators in English and Welsh football, effective for the 2020-21 season.
This article reviews the new guidance, looking in turn at:
- The FA charging policy for discrimination;
- The FA sanction guidelines for discrimination by an individual participant (aggravated breaches);
- The FA sanction guidelines for discrimination by crowds (conduct of spectators).
The guidance documents are available here.[1] They interact with The FA’s Rules and Regulations, which are available here.[2]
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Nick De Marco KC
Nick De Marco KC is ranked as one of the top lawyers in sports law. He acts for international and domestic sports-governing bodies, federations, players, clubs, sponsors, broadcasters and agents across all sports in both commercial and regulatory disputes.
He is recognised as the foremost expert in football regulatory issues by all the leading UK legal directories. In addition to acting in numerous high-profile football disputes, he has a busy practice in many other international sports including boxing, motorsports, tennis, gymnastics, cricket, rugby and athletics.
He regularly lectures and writes on sports law, is author and editor of ‘Football and the Law’ (Bloomsbury 2018 & 2022) and ‘Challenging Sports Governing Bodies’ (Bloomsbury, 2016), contributor to ‘Lewis & Taylor: Sport and the Law’ (Bloomsbury, 2021) member of the Editorial Board of Law In Sport & Football Legal and the Advisory Board of the Middle East Sports Law Platform and host of The Sports Law Podcast.
