On the Ball
On the Ball is an online sports law magazine. Among the articles in the latest issue are articles on subjects such as takeovers, squad rotation, goalline technology, tweeting and threats to Premiership broadcasting rights.
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Rangers have nearly £500k of assets frozen
Rangers had £480k of their assets frozen yesterday after a judge decided that there was a real risk of the club becoming insolvent if they lost their case against the taxman. This is on the top of the £2.3m apparently already frozen in relation to the smaller of two tax claims from Revenue and Customs.
Financial fears hit Rangers
Rangers have insisted that their on pitch performance will not be distracted by off pitch speculation about their financial position. In a statement they complained of ‘a whispering campiagn by people determined to damage the club.’ They have said that they would back a police probe into how court papers were leaked.
Spurs win latest stage of Olympic Stadium battle
Tottenham Hostpur have won the latest stage of their legal battle with West Ham United over who should be the legacy tenant at the Olympic Stadium. In the High Court Mr Justice Collins questioned the £40m loan deal West Ham had struck with its stadium partner, Newham Council.
A judicial review has been scheduled for October 17th. If the defendants in the case, the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) and Newham, lose the case the stadium competition might have to be run again.
West Ham in the clear – for now
The choice of West Ham United to take over the running of the Olympic Stadium after 2012 was not influenced by the fact that an employee of the body that made the decision had carried out paid consultancy work for the club. This is the conclusion of an investigation commissioned by the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) from Moor Stephens, a firm of auditors.
Match fixing scandal in Turkey
Turkey is the latest country to be hit by a match fixing scandal. A series of raids were carried out by police after a court jailed the chairman of Fenerbache, pending trial. However, Fenerbache, which was founded more than a century ago, has escaped the immediate threat of relegation.
The EU as a football regulator
This was the theme tackled by Richard Parrish of Edgehill University at the recent Sport and the EU conference. He noted that the EU had to manage a transformation that involved balancing different business models while functioning as a sports regulator.
Way round financial fair play rules for City?
Does Manchester City’s new sponsorship deal represent a way of dealing with the constraints of Uefa’s financial fair play rules? As we shall see, the answer is in part legal and in part political. But what of the sponsorship deal with Abu Dhabi airline Etihad?
The Gareth Farrelly case
One of the most interesting presentations at last week’s Sport and EU conference was by footballer Gareth Farrelly, badged as from Edgehill University. In March 2007 Cork City asked Fifa to make an exception to the then rules on player registration. Farrelly had already played in matches for two different clubs in the period between July 2006 and March 2007 and so would be ineligible to play for Cork until July 2007. It should be noted that summer football had been introduced in Ireland.
What Bernard tells you about Bosman
Since the European Court of Justice delivered its landmark Bosman ruling in 1995 there has been an increase in the number of sports cases brought before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) and also of the policy and political initiatives of the EU in relation to sport. This trend culminated in the introduction of an EU sport competence in Article 165 of the Lisbon Treaty.