Football and the Law

by Nick De Marco KC

Overview

Football is the biggest game in the world and the richest. This has contributed to the growth of legal issues and disputes in football and to an increasingly specialised legal services market in football. Since 2002, approximately half of all sports disputes before the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) have been in football.

Football and the Law provided the first comprehensive review of the law relating to all aspects of football in the world, including all the main regulatory and commercial aspects of the sport. With contributions from 67 of the leading experts in the field, it is a valuable resource to lawyers and others active in the football industry, as well as a vital source of material to students, legal practitioners and others who wish to learn more about the area. The work includes reference to the key legal principles, cases and regulatory materials relevant to football.

The key developments for the 2nd Edition include:

- Refiguration of European football/ ESL breakaway / new international structures
- Independent regulation of football

- Impact of Brexit Safeguarding – child abuse in football
- Growth of racism and regulatory responses
- FIFA banning 'bridge loans' (relevant to third party ownership)
- FIFA's new plans to regulates agents and cap fees
- Emergence of salary caps in football and legal challenges to them
- Various high profile Financial Fair Play cases Class action in football re head injuries
- Challenges to Owners and Directors test – calls for independent regulator
- New chapter covering developments in CAS cases

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526521811
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/25/2022
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	824
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 1.63(d)

About the Author

Nick De Marco KC of Blackstone Chambers is ranked as one of the leading sports law barristers and the foremost practitioner in football disputes. As well as acting for international and national federations, premier league and international football clubs, players, athletes and their unions, Nick sits as an arbitrator across a number of sports: he is a member of the IAAF Disciplinary Commission, Sports Resolutions' independent Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators and the specialist sports list of arbitrators at the Asian International Arbitration Centre. Legal 500 (2022) said Nick: “has the best working knowledge of the football regulatory landscape of the barristers at the Bar”. Nick is a member of the Editorial Board of Law In Sport and of 'Football Legal' and he writes and lectures on sports law issues. He is co-author of 'Challenging Sports Governing Bodies' (Bloomsbury, 2016) the author and General Editor of the first edition of 'Football and the Law' (Bloomsbury, 2018) and he hosts 'The Sports Law Podcast' (in association with Blackstone Chambers). He is a director of the British Association for Sport and the Law (BASL).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Overview
2. Institutions
3. International Federations
4. European Law in relation to Football
5. Employment Law and Football
6. Contracts - Players
7. Contracts – Managers
8. Player Transfers
9. Immigration and GBE's
10. Academies and Youth Issues
11. Safeguarding
12. Third Party Investment
13. The Regulation of Intermediaries
14. Image Rights
15. Taxation
16. Sponsorship and Commercial Rights
17. Financial regulation and Financial Fair Play
18. Personal Injury
19. Broadcasting
20. Stadia, Hillsborough, Health & Safety and Policing
21. Ticketing
22. Ownership Issues and the Fit and Proper Person test
23. Privacy and Defamation
24. Discipline
25. Doping
26. Corruption
27. Players' Representation, the PFA and FIFPro
28. Mediation
29. Arbitration
30. International Disputes and the CAS
31. Leading CAS cases in football

Editorial Reviews

The strength of this all-encompassing book is that the individual chapters have been written by specialists (including Mr De Marco himself) but under his expert guiding hand. It is an invaluable starting place for persons who have a football law problem … an excellent book which should be on the book shelves of anyone who is interested in this important subject.” —The Right Honourable Lord Dyson (from the foreword)

“The bible for football law practitioners. A must for those who are involved in this peculiar area of law.” —Emilio Garcia Silvero, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at FIFA

“Anyone involved in the football industry will not be able to avoid this standard work in the future.” —Prof. Dr. Ulrich G. Haas, CAS Arbitrator, University of Zurich

“Football is a truly global sport … it involves complex consideration of a plethora of legal issues … and having a guide such as this to turban to when considering such issues will be extremely welcome to all those lawyers involved in football across the globe.” —Polly Handford, Director of Legal and Governance, The English Football Association (FA)

“This latest edition of Football and the Law is a working bible for anyone already in the football industry and is a must-read for those aspiring to have a career in the industry. Once you have read Football and the Law it isn't hard to understand why people are so passionate about working in football - the greatest sport on the planet. Huge credit to Nick De Marco and the team for producing a brilliant resource.” —Katie Reed, General Counsel, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

“The PFA commends this publication and is certain that it will continue to be the go to resource for all things football and legal.” —Maheta Molango, Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers' Association

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