World Sports Law Report

Discussion of sports news and legal issues, focusing on Great Britain and Europe.

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Recent Posts from World Sports Law Report

Sports Law Round Up: Player Contracts
The news story that most intrigued me this week was that Manchester United has implemented a policy that the club will not sign players over 26 years of age, in a move apparently designed to…
FIFA, CAS, FIFPro & Premier League To Address WSLR Player Issues: Contracts & Regulations Briefing
FIFA, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the FA Premier League, FIFPro and more will address World Sports Law Report’s second Player Issues: Contracts & Regulations full-day briefing, which will be hosted at the London…
Sports Law Weekly Round Up: 29 May
 Other than reading and analysing the Matuzalem case, one of the most interesting articles I came across this week turned out to be a non-story. The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) confirmed that South…
Foot Anstey Sports Law Conference
Foot Anstey Solicitors is organising a Sports Law Conference based at their offices in Plymouth, with proceeds dedicated to Childen's Hospice South West, who provide the only hospice care in the South West for children…
Sports Law Weekly Round Up: 22 May
Since the creation of the European Union enshrined free movement of workers across borders, there have been a number of important sporting rulings testing these principles. Bosman, Webster and Kolpak immediately spring to mind, however…
London 2012: athlete image rights
 Top British athletes are to meet with UK Sport and the British Olympic Association (BOA) to try to settle a potential dispute over the use of their valuable image rights. UK Sport wants athletes to…
Sports Law Weekly Round Up: 15 May
There have been plenty of interesting articles this week regarding the Premier League’s 30-page plan to reform its business model in response to calls from the government for the competition to reassess its relationship with…
Sports Law Weekly Round Up: 8 May
 Two strange sporting results took place during the past week, both of which have implications for the regulation of sport. The first – and the most obvious – was the behaviour of Chelsea players towards…
Sports Law Weekly Round Up: 1 May 2009
 It has been an extremely busy week in the world of sports regulation, which perhaps explains why most of the sports lawyers I have spoken to this week have been rushed off their feet. In…
WSLR Speaker Calls For Action On Player Abuse
Nick Cusack, Senior Executive at the Professional Footballers’ Association, has called on football authorities to 'get tough’ in their efforts to curb abuse from football crowds.‘Unless FIFA and UEFA deduct points or disqualify teams from…