Fifa have decided to withdraw proposals to introduce a ‘home grown’ players rule in 2012. Under the proposal, six out of eleven players would have to be ‘home grown, itself an ambiguous term. For example, it can include players trained in an academy. European sports lawyers have been telling Fifa for some time that its proposal was in contravention of EU laws governing freedom of movement of labour which the Bosman judgment made clear applied to football.
Fifa have decided to withdraw proposals to introduce a ‘home grown’ players rule in 2012. Under the proposal, six out of eleven players would have to be ‘home grown, itself an ambiguous term. For example, it can include players trained in an academy. European sports lawyers have been telling Fifa for some time that its proposal was in contravention of EU laws governing freedom of movement of labour which the Bosman judgment made clear applied to football.