PREMIER LEAGUE

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RULES
COMPENSATION
280. The initial fee referred to in Rule 279 shall be calculated by:
280.1. multiplying the applicable annual fixed fee (or fees) calculated in accordance with Rule
281 by the applicable number of years; and
280.2. adding thereto any initial fee (capped at such sum as would have been payable when
calculated in accordance with this section of the Rules) paid by the most recent Training
Club when it acquired the registration of the Academy Player.
281. In Rule 280:
281.1. the “applicable annual fixed fee” means the fee set out in the table in Rule 282 referable to:
281.1.1. the age group of the Academy Player during any year that he was registered with
the Training Club; and
281.1.2. the Category of the Training Club’s Academy during that year; and
281.2. the “applicable number of years” means the number of years for which the Academy
Player was registered for the Training Club (subject to Rule 288).
Guidance
There may be two “applicable fixed fees”. For example, if an Academy Player was registered with a Category 2 Training Club
from the age of Under 9 to Under 16, then the applicable fixed fee is £3,000 for each of his initial three years of development
(totalling £9,000) and £25,000 for each of the five subsequent years (totalling £125,000) making a total initial fee of £134,000.
282. The applicable annual fixed fees by reference to the age group of the Academy Player and the
Category of Academy are as follows:
Age group of the
Academy Player
Category of the
Academy of the Training
Club at the relevant time
Under 9 to Under 11 All Categories £3,000
Under 12 to Under 16 Category 1 £40,000
Under 12 to Under 16 Category 2 £25,000
Under 12 to Under 16 Category 3 £12,500
Applicable Annual
Fixed Fee
283. The contingent compensation referred to in Rule 279 shall consist of:
283.1. appearance fees calculated by reference to the number of First Team Appearances (up
to a maximum of 100) made by the Academy Player for the Applicant Club or any other
Club or Football League club for whom the Academy Player subsequently becomes
registered (including by way of a Temporary Transfer or other loan) and to the divisional
status of the relevant Club as set out in the table in Rule 284;
283.2. if the Academy Player’s registration is transferred prior to his twenty-third birthday to
a club affiliated to a national association other than the Football Association (save for
any Welsh club which is a member of the League, the Football League or the Premier
Division of the Football Conference), 20% of any Compensation Fee, Loan Fee and
Contingent Sum that the Applicant Club receives which is in excess of:
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