Paul Ononye
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“Multi-club ownership does bring complications first of all for UEFA and potentially longer term for Fifa as well, considering the expansion of the Club World Cup that we will see this season.” Kieran Maguire, Football Finance expert UEFA has a multi club ownership rule that is enforced to safeguard the integrity of its competitions and
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The UK’s Football Governance Bill is paving the way for the Independent Football Regulator (IFR), a statutory body designed to bring oversight, accountability, and sustainability to English football. This post breaks down the legal foundations, regulatory powers, and implications for clubs, fans, and governing bodies.
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“In view of the considerable social importance of sporting activities and in particular football in the community, the aims of maintaining a balance between clubs by preserving a certain degree of equality and uncertainty as to results and of encouraging the recruitment and training of young players must be accepted as legitimate,” (Bosman, para. 106)
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A key component of the international sportsperson visa is the Governing Body Endorsement (GBE). A GBE is awarded by a sports governing body to a non-UK sportsperson as an acknowledgement that they are well established in their field and as such, will make a significant contribution to the sport in UK. Each sport governing body
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In its origins, the UK immigration policy was a protectionist policy which restricted the mobility of working EU and other foreign nationals. This policy was instilled to protect the interest of the domestic job force from external competition (Perry & Steenson, 2019). However, joining the EU in 1973 meant that this role changed, and the
REREGULATE: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF REGULATIONS IN FOOTBALL 