The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) today announced its ruling in the case regarding the anti-competitive practices of UEFA – ending its 69-year monopoly in cross-border club football in Europe. The CJEU ruling finally gives professional clubs the ability to organize and manage competitions at European level …
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UEFA takes note of the judgment delivered today by the ECJ in the European Super League case. This ruling does not signify an endorsement or validation of the so-called ‘super league’; it rather underscores a pre-existing shortfall within UEFA’s pre-authorisation framework, a technical aspect that has already been acknowledged and …
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I just love to watch the 442oons and their funny take on football and its matches! In the 442oons of the day its a parody of a Football Lie Detector test. Watch the second part of this fun series.
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The European Leagues are very surprised by the statement from A22 Sports Management which refers to an open consultation process and its results. The European Leagues – the body officially representing the interests of 40 domestic competition organisers coming from 34 countries in Europe and 1092 clubs – never met …
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LaLiga once again denounces the plans for a so-called European Super League. Today the Super League promoters presented “principles” for what we know to be a direct threat to national football championships. Moreover, the proposed governance model is not democratic, instead giving the power and decisions to a few rich …
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The European Club Association notes the latest dispatch from A22’s alternative reality. However, in the real world, this rehashed idea has already been proposed, discussed and comprehensively rejected by all stakeholders in 2019. This is just another deliberately distorted and misleading attempt to de-stabilise the constructive work currently taking place …
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A22 Sports Management, a European commercial sports development company, today released the preliminary results of a comprehensive dialogue with stakeholders across Europe on the future of club football. Since last October, A22 CEO Bernd Reichart has spoken to nearly 50 European clubs and stakeholders. The vast majority of them share …
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The European Leagues welcome the conclusions of the General Advocate of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in the case C-333/21 European Super League. The European Leagues commend the confirmation of existing jurisprudence which protects the fundamental principles of the sport pyramid model such as the openness of …
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LaLiga, the only league involved in the procedure, welcomes the conclusions of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that FIFA and UEFA rules under which any new competition is subject to prior approval are compatible with EU competition law. The Advocate General states …
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FIFA welcomes the Opinion issued today by Advocate General Rantos of the European Court of Justice in which he confirms the standing and legitimacy of FIFA and UEFA to approve any new football competitions. By the same token, the Advocate General considers that sanctions may be imposed in respect of …
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