The Honorable Judge Procaccia addressed this matter inCivil Appeal Authority 180/07 Katz v. Israel Basketball Association ([published in Nevo], October 4, 2009), as follows:
"The authority of the internal judicial institutions of the sports associations, including the internal arbitration institutions, has been interpreted in the case law of this Court by way of extension. The reason for this is that these bodies, including the arbitration institute of the Israel Basketball Association, are voluntary internal bodies that know better than any judicial body what the needs of their members are and how their affairs should be managed, when the members voluntarily subordinated themselves to the rule of the latter and thus agreed to take upon themselves their decisions [see: Civil Appeal 674/89 Turten v. Israel Sports Association, IsrSC 45(2) 715, 727-728 (1991)... Thus, for example, the arbitrators in the arbitration institution are lawyers who are proficient in the field of sports and have the appropriate knowledge and skills in order to decide efficiently and fairly disputes that arise in their field of expertise, whether contractual or tort. In addition to the advantages inherent in litigation before the internal judicial bodies for the litigants, recognition of the broad authority of these bodies leads to a reduction in the burden on the courts and a reduction in the costs involved in multiple proceedings before the state courts, which are ultimately imposed on the general public. This trend of giving a broad interpretation of the authority of the internal judicial bodies of the voluntary sports institutions is also in line with the clear intention of the legislature in the framework of sections 10 and 11 of the Sports Law, to transfer all disputes related to the subject of sports to the internal judicial institutions of the various associations or associations..." (Paragraph 13 and the references therein)."
In light of the above, in order to determine that a particular dispute is under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Football Association's arbitration institution, it is necessary to examine that the subject matter of the dispute and the parties concerned to the dispute meet the definitions set forth in the Sports Law and the Arbitration Institution's regulations.