PETALING JAYA: Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) must weigh several key factors – including legal grounds, objectives, cost, and public sentiment – before deciding whether to take their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), said sports lawyer Nik Erman Nik Roseli.

Following FIFA’s appeal committee decision on Monday to uphold sanctions on FAM and seven naturalised players for falsified documentation, Erman said the next step requires “careful thought, not emotion”.