EU, Sport, Law and Policy

With a Foreword by Dr Michal Krejza, Head of Sport Unit, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission, Brussels Much has changed since the publication of Professional Sport in the EU: Regulation and Re-regulation (edited by Andrew Caiger and Simon Gardiner, The Hague, T.M.C. Asser Press 2000). The present book explores new territory and its scope and tone reflect the maturity of the discipline of EU sports law and policy. The book seeks to balance contributions from established authorities and the best of the new generation of sports law and policy academics. New theoretical insights are revealed which accompany in particular two further sections dealing first with governance and regulatory issues (also including freedom of movement and competition law issues) and second with questions of representation. The issue of the representation of stakeholders within sports governance structures (Social Dialogue between employers/clubs and employees/players) is arguably the most significant development in the last decade and the inclusion of the word 'Representation' in the title is merited. Contributions on anti-doping, football hooliganism and sports betting are added to the book. The editing team consisted of Simon Gardiner, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, Richard Parrish, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom, and Robert Siekmann, ASSER International Sports Law Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands. This book appears in the ASSER International Sports Law Series, under the editorship of Robert Siekmann andJanwillem Soek.

Auteur

Simon Gardiner is Reader in Sports Law at the Leeds Law School, Leeds Metropolitan University. Richard Parrish is Director of the Centre for Sports Law Research at Edge Hill University. Robert C. R. Siekmann is Director of the ASSER International Sports Law Centre.

Texte du rabat

I am honoured to have been invited to write the foreword to this book. Since the publi- tion of Professional Sport in the EU: Regulation and Re-regulation (edited by Andrew Caiger and Simon Gardiner, T.M.C. Asser Press 2000), there have been a number of dev- opments in the European Union in sports law, both in the European Commission and the European Court of Justice. The most significant of these was probably the adoption by the Commission of the White Paper on Sport on 11 July 2007. The White Paper takes stock of the acquis communautaire - the rather prodigious body of European Law including judgements and preliminary rulings of the ECJ - in the sports field and sets out the position of the Commission on three significant aspects of European sport: its societal role, its economic dimension, and its governance. The White Paper also contains concrete proposals for further EU action as part of an Action Plan named after Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.

Résumé

With a Foreword by Dr Michal Krejza, Head of Sport Unit, Directorate-General for Education and Culture, European Commission, Brussels

Much has changed since the publication of Professional Sport in the EU: Regulation and Re-regulation (edited by Andrew Caiger and Simon Gardiner, The Hague, T.M.C. Asser Press 2000). The present book explores new territory and its scope and tone reflect the maturity of the discipline of EU sports law and policy. The book seeks to balance contributions from established authorities and the best of the new generation of sports law and policy academics. New theoretical insights are revealed which accompany in particular two further sections dealing first with governance and regulatory issues (also including freedom of movement and competition law issues) and second with questions of representation. The issue of the representation of stakeholders within sports governance structures (Social Dialogue between employers/clubs and employees/players) is arguably the most significant development in the last decade and the inclusion of the word 'Representation' in the title is merited. Contributions on anti-doping, football hooliganism and sports betting are added to the book. The editing team consisted of Simon Gardiner, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, Richard Parrish, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom, and Robert Siekmann, ASSER International Sports Law Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands.

This book appears in the ASSER International Sports Law Series, under the editorship of Robert Siekmann andJanwillem Soek.

Contenu
Emergence, Dynamics and Impact of European Sport Policy Perspectives From Political Science.- A Comparison of The European and North American Models of Sports Organisation.- Sport Governance and Eu Legal Order: Present and Future.- The Influence Of Eu Law On Sports Governance.- The White Paper On Sport As An Exercise In 'Better Regulation'.- The New Governance Of Football: What Role For The Eu?.- Policing The Boundaries Between Regulation and Commercial Exploitation: Lessons From The Motoe Case.- Some Reflections On Age Discrimination, Referees' Retirement Ages and European Sports (Law).- Extra Time: Are The New Fifa Transfer Rules Doomed?.- The webster Case: Justified Panic as There was After bosman?.- The Prize For Freedom of Movement: The webster Case.- Models For The Promotion Of Home Grown Players For The Protection Of National Representative Teams.- The Kolpak Case: bosman Times Ten? Football Fears The Arrival Of Bosman, Bosmanovic and Osman.- The laurent Piau Case Of The Ecj On The Status Of Players' Agents.- Regulating Sports Services in Community Law.- The Recognition Of The Specificity Of Sport In The European Commission's Article 81 Ec Case Law Related To Sports Media Rights.- State Aid To Professional Football Clubs: Legitimate Support Of A Public Cause?.- Regulation Of Professional Football In The Eu: The European Social Dialogue as A Basis For The Creation Of Legal Certainty.- Promoting The Social Dialogue In Professional Football In The New Eu Member States.- Agenda For A Social Dialogue In The European Professional Football Sector.- The Representation Of Football In The European Union: Uefa Versus G-14.- Study Into The Possible Participation Of Epfl and G-14 In A Social Dialogue In The European Professional Football Sector.- The European Union and Doping In Sport.- Anti-Doping In and Beyond The European Commission's White Paper On Sport.- Eu Sports Regulations and Football Supporters.- Legal Aspects Of Combating Transnational Football Hooliganism In Europe.- The Legality and Effectiveness Of Using Football Banning Orders In The Fight Against Racism and Violence at Sports Events.- Ecj Jurisprudence and Recent Developments In Eu Sport Betting.