(Download) "Foreign Player Quotas in Football Teams: Sporting and Legal Pros and Cons" by The International Sports Law Journal * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Foreign Player Quotas in Football Teams: Sporting and Legal Pros and Cons
- Author : The International Sports Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
Description
Sepp Blatter, the President of FIFA, the world governing body of football, has been concerned for some time with the preponderance of foreign players, not least in the English FA Premier League, the most successful and popular of the Football Leagues, with devoted followers throughout the world. And Blatter has recently been pontificating on the subject, announcing that he wants to introduce a cap on the number of foreign players in football teams. And, furthermore, will take on the European Commission if there are any objections to this move on the grounds of discrimination, freedom of movement of players or incompatibility with European Union (EU) Competition Law. Indeed, UEFA, the European governing body of football, is already working on its so-called 'home grown players' regulations, with the same aims and objectives. So, what are the arguments for and against such initiatives, from a sporting and a legal point of view?