Sport and competition law – the year in review 2020/21
Even before the announcement of a breakaway league, it had been an important year for competition law with significant updates since last year’s review.[1] This chapter of the LawInSport yearbook:
- analyses the case of ISU v European Commission, a dispute that has been ongoing for seven years, the judgment for which is likely to impact sports governing bodies (“SGBs”) throughout Europe.
- discusses the application of competition law to SGBs’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic (it is difficult to do a review of the past year without referencing it).
- reviews the Belgian case of Virton concerning the implementation of financial regulations in football.
- discusses upcoming competition law cases relating to closed leagues that are likely to shape sport in the year ahead, especially in the aftermath of the doomed European Super League project.
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- Tags: Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Court of Arbitration for Sport | European Commission | European Court of Justice (ECJ) | European Football Association (UEFA) | European Leagues of Basketball (ULEB) | European Super League | Financial Regulation | General Court of the European Union | International Skating Union (ISU) | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
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Written by
Benoît Keane
Benoît Keane specialises in European sports law. Based in Brussels, he acts in cases before the European Commission and European Court of Justice as well as in cases before national courts where there is an EU law dimension. He has participated in many of the leading European sports law cases of recent years, including the competition law cases relating to financial fair play, third party ownership and sports eligibility rules. He has also appeared as a legal expert on EU law before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Ben Foster
Ben is an in-house football lawyer. He works on all legal matters in the Football Operations sphere, assisting both men’s and women’s first team football and assisting the Academy.
Prior to moving in-house, Ben worked with governing bodies, clubs, players and other commercial parties in relation to litigation, arbitration, disciplinary and regulatory proceedings in sports. Ben also has experience in advising competition owners in respect of governance issues.
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