Question juridique clé
Whether the TAS erred by declaring the appeal against FIFA's 12 August 2008 letter inadmissible for lack of an appealable decision
Solution extraite
The complaint does not show a violation of Art. 190(2)(c) IPRG; the TAS only held that the letter had no legal effects and therefore was not an appealable decision.
Motifs extraits
The Federal Court held that the appellant was effectively disputing the legal characterization of the letter, not that the TAS left a request unadjudicated. Once no appealable object existed, the TAS properly declared the appeal inadmissible and did not need to address the remaining requests.