I’m proud to say my article “The Football Governance Act, the Independent Football Regulator, and the Regulation of Football Finance in England: Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Considerations” has been published in the International Sports Law Journal here link.springer.com/article/10.1...
HOWEVER. If I can interest you in a second…
If you only digest one piece of content about the Independent Football Regulator, let it be the @nickdemarcokc.bsky.social @blackstonechambers.bsky.social podcast here podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Enjoyed this on the Seraing case.
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the intro—
Hello everyone. Please give this a listen, I think you’ll enjoy.
this thread was supposed to be about the Football Governance Act but someone left an interesting comment on TikTok so here’s more. No I don’t know why I’m smiling like that at the beginning either. youtube.com/shorts/bfEKf...
Thanks and fair.
*anyone who is better at short form content than me please do tell me if there are better ways of condensing useful info into sub 3 minute bursts
Post script I didn’t have time to go into*, but practically speaking it would usually be the non-English club being subject to the blind trust, so I don’t think there’s are huge impediments here. But I think the issues around shadow directors etc are v interesting nevertheless.
Could the Independent Football Regulator prevent multiple club ownership arrangements? #football #sportslaw #CPFC #NFFC
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yes, there are so many interesting implications, not least that switching from accounting for players as assets to treating them as any other employee has huge balance sheet implications (much of which might be security etc etc).
You can also join me on TikTok if you like, where you can join in with glowing reviews such as this—
Alright, last post before I stop harping on about this. But a timely one today.
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We all love a transfer saga. But could transfer fees become a thing of the past? youtube.com/shorts/KYWNc...
You’ll be pleased to hear I also make a mean latte.
haha, Jarvis is just a big fan of any diminutive DM.
Fundamentally undignified for a man in his 40s to do video content but I am a fundamentally undignified man.
You can follow me on Insta and TikTok where I may well do more of this (that is a threat). I’m on the handle @ LawsAgainstTheGame on both.
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No Alexander Isak for Newcastle today.
But could he leave Newcastle on a free?
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Regardless, it is pretty clear there is still a major reckoning to come in the player mobility market. And this summer’s transfer spending would suggest it’s not being given all that much thought yet.
…and clubs aren’t generally profitable, so there is minimal leakage from the system. So in probability most of it went to wages in any event.
What’s really interesting to me is the calculation of losses for any player who wasn’t directly sanctioned. Because you’d expect the effect of the rules (lawful or not) to be broadly neutral in impact on wages, because the money only flowed from club to club…
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Really interesting article by @nickdemarcokc.bsky.social on Seraing case and forced arbitration in English law. Last para is the most interesting point. I'm sympathetic to the courts vis a vis clubs as they are enfranchised in rule creation. But athletes? www.sportslawbulletin.org/rfc-seraing-...
Interesting piece on the football R&D tax credits issue www.linkedin.com/pulse/should...
Two of the benefits of the sports arbitral system - speed and global coherence - are undermined.
A jolt to the CAS or a crumbling of the edifice of the lex sportiva?
