Football ICC gives clubs, players, and agents a coordinated and compliant framework to structure and manage image rights and economic rights, for players operating across borders.
Clubs, players, and agents navigate disconnected legal structures across multiple countries, creating compliance risk, tax uncertainty, and operational burden at every turn. Most existing structures were not built for this environment.
One coordinated framework changes everything
A Guernsey Incorporated Cell Company at the centre. An individual ring-fenced cell structure for each player. Shared KYC, shared legal templates, standardised governance processes, for every player, across every border.
Designed with AI, digital identity, and the next era of player commercial rights in mind.
We help create compliant corporate structures for player rights management through Guernsey's Incorporated Cell Company framework. Each player receives their own individual cell, ring-fenced from other player cells within the structure.
Our network includes legal, tax, accounting, banking, and commercial specialists across multiple jurisdictions. A coordinated global network helps replace fragmented, multi-advisor structures that create inconsistency and unnecessary cost.
We simplify onboarding, Know Your Customer (KYC) verification, payments, documentation, and administration. A standardised operational process supports onboarding and administration across players, helping reduce operational burden on clubs and their advisors.
The framework supports commercial growth, cross-border careers, and sponsorship, as well as the next generation of digital rights: AI-generated likeness usage, player data governance, digital identity, and future digital and synthetic media licensing opportunities.
| Dimension | Football ICC | Traditional Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Structure | ✓One standardised framework | ✕Different structures in every country |
| Advisors | ✓One coordinated global network | ✕Multiple advisors and disconnected providers |
| Onboarding | ✓Streamlined KYC and operations | ✕Complex onboarding and compliance |
| Governance | ✓Structured governance and compliance | ✕Inconsistent legal and tax processes |
| Scale | ✓Built for cross-border football | ✕Difficult to scale internationally |
| Approach | ✓Long-term infrastructure approach | ✕Individually managed rights structures |
| Cost Structure | ✓Pre-agreed pricing with economies of scale | ✕Variable costs per jurisdiction, no economies of scale |
Football ICC is designed around Guernsey's Incorporated Cell Company structure, the only jurisdiction with a formal Image Rights Register. This creates a scalable and compliant framework for managing player rights across international football operations.
Football ICC exists to create a more coordinated, transparent, and scalable framework for the modern game.
Built for the future of global football operations.