PREMIER LEAGUE

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RULES
COMPENSATION
285. In Rule 283:
285.1. “First Team Appearance” means an appearance either in the starting eleven or as a
playing substitute in a first team fixture in the Premier League, the Football League
Championship and Football Leagues 1 and 2 (including play-offs), the Football League
Cup, the FA Cup, the Football League Trophy, the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA
Champions League;
285.2. in the event that the Academy Player’s registration at a Club (or Football League club) is
terminated (whether by efluxion of time, cancellation, transfer or otherwise) prior to his
having made sufficient appearances to trigger one of the payments set out in Rule 284,
that Club (or Football League club) shall pay a pro rata amount to the relevant Training
Club(s) and the obligation to pay future sums pursuant to that Rule shall transfer to any
new Club (or Football League club) for whom the Academy Player subsequently becomes
registered; and
285.3. “Compensation Fee”, “Loan Fee” and “Contingent Sum” shall be interpreted to exclude
compensation payable pursuant to Rule 275.
286. Reference in Rules 283 and 285 to the transfer or termination of an Academy Player’s
registration shall be interpreted to include transfers or terminations of his registration after he
has ceased to be an Academy Player and Clubs who subsequently sign the Academy Player shall
be bound to comply with Rules 283.1 and 283.3 and for the avoidance of doubt the original
Applicant Club shall not be liable to the Training Club in respect of:
286.1. any appearance fees payable pursuant to Rule 283.1 and due in respect of appearances
made by the Academy Player after he has ceased to be permanently registered for the
Applicant Club;
286.2. sums payable pursuant to Rule 283.2 and 283.3 arising from transfers in respect
of which the Applicant Club was not the Transferor Club.
287. Any agreement between a Club and another Club (or club) as to the compensation payable on
the transfer of a registration, whether pursuant to Rule 276.2 or otherwise, may not take effect
so as to vary the contingent compensation payable pursuant to this section of the Rules to any
other Club (or Football League club).
288. If an Academy Player has spent part only of any year at the Training Club, the amount of
compensation in respect of that year shall be calculated pro rata (taking into account whether
or not the Training Club’s Academy was operational or not during the Close Season or any part of it).
289. If the Academy Player has been registered for a Training Club for part only of the period
between the start of his Under 12 year to the conclusion of his Under 16 year, the amount
of contingent compensation payable to that Training Club calculated in accordance with
these Rules shall be paid pro rata to the Training Club.
Guidance
Rule 289 covers the following situations:
1. Where an Academy Player has been registered for only one Training Club but not for the entirety of the period
from the start of his Under 12 year to the conclusion of his Under 16 year; and
2. Where the Academy Player has been registered for more than one Training Club during the period.
In either case, the Training Club(s) receive(s) contingent compensation pro rata to the period that it/they held the
Academy Player’s registration.
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