Question juridique clé
Whether the TAS lacked jurisdiction because internal remedies had not been exhausted
Solution extraite
The TAS had jurisdiction; the challenged internal 'review' under Article 21bis was an extraordinary remedy not requiring exhaustion before a TAS appeal.
Motifs extraits
The federation's statutes made appeal committee decisions final and appealable to the TAS. The Article 21bis request was optional and resembled revision, not a mandatory prior instance. No valid arbitral agreement arose from the May correspondence, and the federation's conduct did not create a timely incompetence objection.