PREMIER LEAGUE

COMPENSATION
Compensation
275. The registration of an Academy Player at an Academy shall impose an obligation on the
applicant Club or Football League club (“the Applicant Club”) to pay compensation for the
training and development of that Academy Player to any Club or Football League club which
previously held his registration (“the Training Club”) provided that:
275.1. the Training Club had indicated in Form 26 (or, in the case of a Football League club, the
equivalent Football League form) its intention to retain the Academy Player’s
registration; or
275.2. the Training Club had offered to enter into a Scholarship Agreement pursuant to Rule
246 with the Academy Player which the Academy Player had not accepted; or
275.3. the Academy Player sought registration at the Applicant Club because he had moved
residence outside the permitted travelling time from his last Training Club; or
275.4. the Training Club and Academy Player mutually agreed to terminate the Academy
Player’s registration pursuant to Rule 242.2 and agreed that the Training Club should
retain the right to receive compensation should the Academy Player sign for another
Club (or club); or
275.5. the Board has made a determination to that effect pursuant to Rule 244; and
275.6. in all the above cases, the Training Club held a valid licence to operate an Academy in
accordance with these Rules (or to operate a Football Academy or Centre of Excellence in
accordance with the Rules pertaining to youth development which these Rules replaced).
Guidance
Consideration is being given to the deemed categorisation of Academies/Centres of Excellence up until the end of
Season 2011/12 for the purposes of the new compensation Rules. A proposal will be presented to the Legal Advisory
Group on 1 February 2012 and to the Shareholders’ Meeting on 2 February 2012.
276. The amount of compensation referred to in Rule 275 shall be:
276.1. such sum as shall be due pursuant to this section of the Rules; or
276.2. as regards the compensation payable by the Applicant Club to the most recent Training
Club, such sum as shall have been agreed between them.
277. Rules 279 to 289 govern the compensation due in respect of an Academy Player who is in any
age group between Under 9 and Under 16 at the time when he is first registered with the
Applicant Club save for an Academy Player with whom the Training Club has agreed, pursuant
to Rule 246, to enter into a Scholarship Agreement.
278. In default of agreement between the Applicant Club and the Academy Player’s most recent
Training Club, the Professional Football Compensation Committee shall determine the
compensation payable to the latter in respect of an Academy Player:
278.1. who is in any age group between Under 17 and Under 21 when he is registered for the
Applicant Club; or
278.2. with whom the training Club has agreed, pursuant to Rule 246, to enter into a
Scholarship Agreement.
279. The compensation due to in respect of an Academy Player to whom Rule 277 applies shall
consist of an initial fee payable to the most recent Training Club and, if the Academy Player is
in age group Under 12 or older, contingent compensation payable to all qualifying Training Clubs
in accordance with these Rules.
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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RULES