Tag: Football
EU Football Agents Callout FIFA For “Cartel Activity”
Football agents have expressed concern to the European Commission regarding the potential negative impact of new FIFA regulations on their income.
FIFA is facing allegations...
Do Plans for a European Super League Breach Competition Law?
By: Andreas Stephan (UEA Center for Competition Policy)
The world of European football was thrown into controversy this week by the announcement that 12 leading clubs...
State Aid in Football: Fall-Out From the General Court’s Judgments in...
Modern football creates unprecedented investment pressures on clubs, which leave them exposed to high levels of financial risk. This risk is often diluted by...
Italy: Watchdog Watchdog probes foul play in TV soccer rights
The Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato – AGCM) has said that it has opened an investigation into suspected cartel...
US: Cheerleaders’ NFL collusion lawsuit shut down, again
Despite NFL cheerleaders only making anywhere from US$0 to US$125 a game, their US$300 million lawsuit alleging that the NFL and 27 of its...
Are Professional Sports Leagues Single Entities Incapable of Conspiring in Violation...
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Steven Semeraro, May 27, 2009
This article reviews the case law assessing the single-entity...
MAY-09(2)
In this issue:
Sports and Antitrust
Gregory Curtner, Atleen Kaur, Robert Wierenga, May 28, 2009
The BCS: Antitrust Goes Bowling?
But, is the BCS an antitrust...
Sport and State Aid—Reining in the Populist Gesture (2)
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Ken Daly, Dec 31, 2014
Sport's ability to capture public attention and generate intense...
Sport and State Aid – Reining in the Populist Gesture
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Ken Daly, Jan 14, 2014
Sport's ability to capture public attention and generate intense...
Counting the Pennies in Sport: UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Regulations Under...
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Brian Kennelly, Ravi Mehta, Jan 14, 2014
It has been almost forty years since...