Playing contracts and offers
A clause by clause read of a first professional deal, a renewal or a move, in plain English, before anything is signed.
Contracts
Football · Cricket · Rugby
Legal support for players, from academy to final contract
Roberts Brittain works for footballers, cricketers and rugby players and the families behind them. We check a contract before your signature goes on it, stand beside you when a charge lands and look after the commercial side of your name.
For players
What we do for players
Most players only need legal help a handful of times in a career, and each time the stakes are high. These are the moments we cover.
Disciplinary and anti doping
Preparation and representation when a charge arrives from a governing body, a league or UK Anti-Doping.
HearingsImage rights and sponsorship
Boot deals, personal sponsors, image rights companies and paid social media posts, set up so you keep control of your name.
CommercialPay, release and contract disputes
When wages stop, a release is contested or an injury changes your future, we take the dispute to the right panel.
DisputesAcademy players and families
Scholarship and academy agreements explained to young players and their parents in one conversation, at home or by video call.
Young playersClubs and organisations
Constitutions, safeguarding policies, staff contracts and sponsorship for committees, boards and club staff.
ClubsThree sports
Each sport writes its own rules
A footballer, a county cricketer and a rugby forward sign different contracts, answer to different disciplinary codes and use agents under different schemes. We work to the rule book of your sport.
Clubs, teams and organisations
Running a club is a legal job as well as a sporting one
Grassroots committees, county sides and professional clubs come to us for governance, player and staff contracts, safeguarding, sponsorship, funding bids, and preparation for the Independent Football Regulator.
Latest updates
What has changed in sport and the law
Football regulator consults on cash reserves for clubs
The Independent Football Regulator wants EFL and National League clubs to hold cash reserves sized to their risk. The consultation runs for six weeks from 10 November.
Read the updateWhere football agent rules stand after the European court ruling
A FIFA licence is still required to act as an agent, but the fee cap remains suspended after July's ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Read the updateCricket clubs can now borrow up to £75,000 interest free
The cricket trust's loan limit has risen from £50,000, alongside a new £45 million fund for recreational cricket facilities paid for by The Hundred.
Read the updateHow it works
From first message to finished work
Tell us what is happening
Use the form or call. Send the contract, the charge letter or the email if you have it.
We read it and reply
We tell you what we can do, how long it will take and what it will cost.
You agree the work
Nothing starts until you have our written quote and terms.
We keep you informed
Advice comes in writing at each stage, so you can share it with family, your agent or your union.
Questions players ask
Can you negotiate my transfer or my next contract?
Each of the three sports keeps contract and transfer negotiation with clubs for agents it has licensed or registered. We advise you on the paperwork itself, and if you have no agent we can recommend one.
I already have an agent. Can I still come to you?
Yes. Plenty of players want an independent legal read of a deal before they sign, and a good agent will welcome it. We act for you, and our fee is agreed with you separately from your contract.
Do you only work with professional players?
No. Semi professional, academy and grassroots players get the same attention, and so do the clubs they play for.
How do you charge?
We quote for each piece of work once we have read what you send. You have the quote and our terms in writing before any work begins.
Enquiries
Tell us what you need
Send a few lines about your situation and we will come back to you. If you have a deadline, such as a signing date or a reply date on a charge letter, put it at the top.