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I talked to @CoralieFebvre about the potential #EULaw issues linked to #FIFA & #UEFA's decision to threaten players taking part in the #SuperLeague with an ineligiblity.
Full interview (in French) available at https://information.tv5monde.com/info/superligue-bataille-juridique-en-vue-face-aux-menaces-de-la-fifa-expert-392784
#Sportslaw #Antitrust #ISU
Full interview (in French) available at https://information.tv5monde.com/info/superligue-bataille-juridique-en-vue-face-aux-menaces-de-la-fifa-expert-392784
#Sportslaw #Antitrust #ISU
Point 1: Under #ISU jurisprudence, it is hard to see how #FIFA & #UEFA could threaten a player with an open-ended ineligibility for taking part in the #SuperLeague.
Point 2: However, an important difference with #ISU is that the football players that will be involved in the #SuperLeague are not economically dependent on #FIFA & #UEFA competitions to earn a living.
Point 3: I haven't see the details of #FIFA & #UEFA's new eligibility rules. Both have excellent in-house lawyers, well aware of #EULaw constraints. It is likely that their formulation will be much more nuanced than the press release.
Point 4: We will have to scrutinise carefully the objectives (protection of calendar, solidarity) invoked by #FIFA & #UEFA to justify their new ineligibility rules and assess whether they are necessary to fulfil those professed objectives.
Point 5: If a player or a club wants to attack #FIFA & #UEFA before @EU_Competition on the basis of this press release they already can (see #ISU). Even though the #SuperLeague is not yet up and running.
Point 6: The support expressed by some @EU_Commission for #FIFA & #UEFA's move is not decisive. Before #Bosman, the EC was as well supportive of #FIFA & #UEFA, it doesn't mean that @EUCourtPress will be.
Point 7: We are at a crossroads for organised football in Europe. This calls for a political decision on whether to allow the logic of competition law to unfold and the pyramid to be broken or to consolidate #FIFA &#UEFA's monopoly over football (and under what conditions).