Speedskater Is Poised to Upend Rule of Sports’ Highest Court – NY Times 2016/02/12
"The Claudia Pechstein case highlights how subtle, inherent bias as a consequence of the common background of the members of arbitration tribunals appointed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport creates a risk of imbalance in the arbitral decision. Incorporating relevant professional diversity in the composition of the tribunal is one way of reducing this bias - whether in sports or commercial disputes." - Paul Tichauer