Crisis at Football Market After The "Bosman": Are Competition Exemptions Admissible for Football?

Cengiz Kaan ŞAHİN

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Crisis at Football Market After The "Bosman": Are Competition Exemptions Admissible for Football?

Authors:

Cengiz Kaan ŞAHİN

Publisher:

Ankara Barosu

Journal:

Ankara Bar Review 2012 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.61-88

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2011

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000822179

Frequency:

Annual

pISSN:

1308-0636

Abstract:

 

Sports has been a prominent issue in European Union agenda and within this  field football has been the most interesting and attractive branch of sports. This  study will examine the legal conformity of making competition exemption to  enhance competition in the field of football. Following such a context; firstly  the applicability of EU Law to the field of sport will be elaborated. Within this  issue, the evolving relationship between sport and European Union, the sports  connection to the community law is essential. The Helsinki report constitutes  a basic document in which general problems linking the sport and the Competition Policy were deliberated. Thus, it will be presented before the related  articles of the EC Treaty. Then, the actors of football and their legal positions  will be introduced. The various markets will be distinguished in order to reveal  the affects of restrictions on an upstream market on the downstream markets.  After that; the main actors of football market including the footballers, the  FIFA and the UEFA will be explained. The changing situation of footballers and  transfer system will be elaborated. The conditions for competition exemption  in the area of football will be expressed in addition to the expectations of the  EU from the market. Mentioning this issue, the paper will deal with relevant  legislations about the competition exemptions. Since the Bosman case constitutes  a turning point as it caused many unexpected results and circumstances in the  football market; it will be analyzed as a main issue in this thesis. The history  of Bosman, the interpretation of the ECJ of the case and the results that affect  the European football market will be given. Covering these issues, the main  aim of the thesis is to find an answer to whether competition exemptions are  admissible for football or not.

Article Details

Crisis at Football Market After The "Bosman": Are Competition Exemptions Admissible for Football?

Authors: Cengiz Kaan ŞAHİN

Publisher: Ankara Barosu

Journal: Ankara Bar Review 2012 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.61-88

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2011

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000822179

Frequency: Annual

pISSN: 1308-0636

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Authors:

Cengiz Kaan ŞAHİN

Publisher:

Ankara Barosu

Journal:

Ankara Bar Review 2012 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.61-88

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2011

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000822179

Frequency:

Annual

pISSN:

1308-0636