1. The CAS does not act as an administrative court reviewing an act of an administrative authority where, usually, the scope of review is characterised by minimum standards of scrutiny, mostly procedural, and the administrative court may not substitute its own judgement for that of the administrative authority. In contrast, it is the duty of a CAS panel in an appeals arbitration procedure to make its independent determination of whether the Appellant’s and Respondent’s contentions are correct on the merits, not limiting itself to assessing the correctness of the previous procedure and decision. As a consequence, given the complete power granted by the CAS Code to fully review the facts and the law, any defects of the DRC proceedings and any infringements of the Appellants’ procedural rights committed by FIFA bodies or FIFA staff are irrelevant.