Questão jurídica principal
Whether the CAS had jurisdiction over the employment dispute under the arbitration clause in the coach's contract.
Decisão extraída
The complaint failed; the arbitral tribunal correctly denied jurisdiction because the clause did not clearly exclude state courts and was not validly established for this dispute.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 177 IPRG makes monetary claims arbitrable, but the arbitration agreement must be valid under Art. 178 IPRG. Clause 16 left disputes to the competent court and simultaneously referred to Bulgarian law, which did not clearly evince a waiver of state jurisdiction. The appellant's own recourse to Bulgarian courts also confirmed that understanding.