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World Sports Law Report 
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Conference on Law, Policy and the Olympic Movement
Posted on May 25, 2010On Thursday and Friday last week, I attended an excellent conference entitled Law, Policy and the Olympic Movement at Ithaca College's London Centre, which raised too many interesting issues about the regulation of Olympic sport to summarise in one...
Database Directive offers protection for fixture lists
Posted on May 25, 2010Sporting organisations will be able to better commercialise fixture lists and protect them from unauthorised reproduction, after the England and Wales High Court ruled that fixture lists are subject to database copyright under the Database Directive....
WSLR & Berwin Leighton Paisner to host Sport, Gambling & Sponsorship
Posted on May 25, 2010World Sports Law Report (WSLR) is organising Sport, Gambling & Sponsorship 2010, a Briefing examining legal, integrity and other issues created by the increasingly complex relationship between sport and gambling. It will be held at the London...
BSkyB & Ofcom compromise on sports content
Posted on May 25, 2010BSkyB and Ofcom put an interim agreement to the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) on 29 April, which - if approved - would postpone Ofcom's requirement that BSkyB must supply Sky Sports 1 and 2 to other retailers at a reduced price. Following its...
Image Rights: Salary and image rights payments to football players
Posted on May 25, 2010As image rights payments are typically taxed more favourably than salary payments, many countries have begun to investigate whether football clubs are disguising salary as image rights payments. Matthew Wentworth, a Barrister with Olswang LLP, examines...
Doping: Italy's fine for athlete doping offences: proportionality
Posted on May 25, 2010The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) decided to implement a 100,000 fine for any athlete reporting a positive drug test at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Stella Riberti, a Trainee Solicitor at CBA Studio Legale e Tributario, examines the reasons...
Player Contracts: Training compensation: ECJ ruling in Olivier Bernard case
Posted on May 25, 2010The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently ruled that football clubs can seek compensation for training young players, as long as that compensation is directly related to the club's cost in training that player. April Carr, an Associate in the EU...
Doping: Olympic doping and police searches: proposed powers
Posted on May 25, 2010Lord Moynihan, Chairman of the British Olympic Association, has announced plans to introduce a bill into the House of Lords to give police greater powers to search athletes' rooms at London 2012. Jim Sturman QC, a Barrister at 2 Bedford Row and David...
Ticketing: Using existing legislation to combat ticket touting
Posted on May 25, 2010The Department for Culture Media and Sport recently published a Response to its Consultation on Ticketing and Ticket Touting, concluding that it would encourage self-regulation rather than making all unauthorised re-selling a criminal offence. Kitty....
French court accuses PSG and Nike of hiding salaries
Posted on May 25, 2010French prosecutors have accused Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Nike of hiding player salaries by using contracts between the sportswear manufacturer and the football club in order to avoid taxes and social security charges, in a trial that began in...
French court accuses PSG and Nike of hiding salaries
Posted on April 27, 2010French prosecutors have accused Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Nike of hiding player salaries by using contracts between the sportswear manufacturer and the football club in order to avoid taxes and social security charges, in a trial that began in...
MLS and its players agree new Collective Bargaining Agreement
Posted on April 27, 2010The United States' Major League Soccer (MLS) and its players union (MLSPU) have agreed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) ending 2014, subject to the approval of the MLS Board of Governors and MLPU members. To view the full article, sign...
ECJ judgment omits calculation of training costs
Posted on April 27, 2010The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that compensation designed to protect clubs training young players does not constitute an illegal restriction on freedom of movement under Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union...
Player Contracts: Regulation of intermediaries in player contracts: changes
Posted on April 27, 2010FIFA has recognised that its requirement for player contracts to be conducted by player agents licensed by a national association is not working, as it doesn't regulate or license player agents so cannot effectively sanction them. Instead, it has...
Director Rules: Briatore, competition law and the Fit & Proper Persons Test
Posted on April 27, 2010Flavio Briatore's ban from motor sport remains in place while the F d ration Internationale de l'Automobile appeals a French court's decision to overturn the ban, which has resulted in Briatore resigning as a Director of Queens Park Rangers. This...
United States: NCAA: amateurism policies and the international student
Posted on April 27, 2010The National Collegiate Athletic Association has recently amended a bylaw to allow international students who have played alongside professionals to compete for University sports teams. Dr. Anastasios Kaburakis, an Attorney who had proposed such...
Cheating: Harmonising punishment for cheats: issues & challenges
Posted on April 27, 2010As sport becomes more lucrative, the focus on winning at all costs becomes ever more prevalent, which leads some athletes to consider cheating. Rod Findlay, a Partner with the Sports Law Unit at McDaniel & Co. Solicitors, examines three cases...
Gambling: Gambling addiction among footballers: analysis
Posted on April 27, 2010There have been a number of high-profile cases involving professional footballers that have lost large amounts of income through gambling. Professor Mark Griffiths of the International Gaming Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University examines...
Italy is first country to set fines for positive drug tests
Posted on April 27, 2010Normal 0 0 1 67 386 3 1 474 11.1282 0 0 0 Italy has become the first country to fine athletes for doping. The Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano...
Hannover 96 challenges '50+1' Bundesliga club ownership rule
Posted on April 27, 2010Normal 0 0 1 61 353 2 1 433 11.1282 0 0 0 German 1.Bundesliga club Hannover 96 is challenging paragraph 8.2 of the Deutsche Fu ball Liga (DFL)...
Italy is first country to set fines for positive drug tests
Posted on March 07, 2010Normal 0 0 1 67 386 3 1 474 11.1282 0 0 0 Italy has become the first country to fine athletes for doping. The Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano...
Hannover 96 challenges '50+1' Bundesliga club ownership rule
Posted on March 07, 2010Normal 0 0 1 61 353 2 1 433 11.1282 0 0 0 German 1.Bundesliga club Hannover 96 is challenging paragraph 8.2 of the Deutsche Fu ball Liga (DFL)...
HMRC queries football image rights deals
Posted on March 07, 2010Normal 0 0 1 78 445 3 1 546 11.1282 0 0 0 Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is in discussion with the FA Premier League (FAPL) about...
Finances: Regulating club financial expenditure to avoid debt
Posted on March 07, 2010Normal 0 0 1 103 589 4 1 723 11.1282 0 0 0 European football's regulator, UEFA, has recently announced Financial Fair Play proposals, designed...
Comment: SportAccord's Doping-Free Sport Unit (DFSU)
Posted on March 07, 2010Normal 0 0 1 73 420 3 1 515 11.1282 0 0 0 In 2009, The International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency provided financial assistance...
Spain: Changes to taxation: impact on professional sport
Posted on March 07, 2010Normal 0 0 1 80 461 3 1 566 11.1282 0 0 0 The Spanish government has recently limited an exemption allowing foreign workers to pay a lower level...
Comment: An alternative to the IOC's gender testing policy
Posted on March 07, 2010Normal 0 0 1 65 376 3 1 461 11.1282 0 0 0 The Coalition of Athletes for Inclusion in Sport has recently provided the International Olympic Committee...
Boxing: Freedom of religion and rules on safety
Posted on March 07, 2010Normal 0 0 1 109 626 5 1 768 11.1282 0 0 0 The Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) recently reversed its decision to exempt Sikh boxers...
2010 Issues: Views and predictions from the editorial board for 2010
Posted on March 07, 2010 Normal 0 0 1 54 308 2 1 378 11.1282 0 0 0 We asked members of World Sports Law Report's editorial board to highlight what they think...
Reform needed to tackle doping in sport
Posted on March 07, 2010Normal 0 0 1 621 3544 29 7 4352 11.1282 0 0 0 Reform is needed if anti-doping authorities are to effectively tackle doping, said anti-doping experts...
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