Look, it’s been a great World Cup so far. It’s had almost everything. And now it gets the most important thing of all: technical legal debate.
Christopher A. Flanagan
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Surprisingly old in-house lawyer | weekend academic | media, entertainment, sports law | @IntSportsLawJ | @BathCitySociety | views here all my own/disappointing
Cross posting this from The Bad Place because I do think it’s very interesting and consequential
Can’t talk, new FIFA RSTP just dropped. On World Cup day no less. digitalhub.fifa.com/asset/e495d0...
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If you only digest one piece of content about the Independent Football Regulator, let it be the @nickdemarcokc.bsky.social @blackstonechambers.bsky.social podcast here podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
17 - The Impact of the Football Governance Act on Dispute Resolution in Football
Podcast Episode · The Sports Law Podcast · 04/12/2025 · 1h 29m
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Could the Independent Football Regulator prevent multiple club ownership arrangements? #football #sportslaw #CPFC #NFFC youtube.com/shorts/IGCZU...
Could the Independent Football Regulator prevent multiple club ownership arrangements? #SportsLaw
YouTube video by Christopher Flanagan - LawsAgainstTheGame
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No Alexander Isak for Newcastle today. But could he leave Newcastle on a free? youtube.com/shorts/eh_Db...
Could Alexander Isak leave Newcastle United on a free transfer?
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Matt Slater@mjslater.bsky.social · last yr.10 months after Lassana Diarra’s win against FIFA at the CJEU, a new Dutch foundation is going to use it to sue FIFA & several of its member associations for costing EVERY pro player money over the last 23 years. It’s a huge no-win-no-fee swing for a jackpot. www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...
Really interesting article by @nickdemarcokc.bsky.social on Seraing case and forced arbitration in English law. Last para is the most interesting point. I'm sympathetic to the courts vis a vis clubs as they are enfranchised in rule creation. But athletes? www.sportslawbulletin.org/rfc-seraing-...
RFC Seraing v. FIFA and the Problem with Forced Sports Arbitration in England
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Interesting piece on the football R&D tax credits issue www.linkedin.com/pulse/should...
Should football clubs be able to claim R&D Tax Credits?
Last week, it emerged that several Premier League football clubs, including Chelsea and Nottingham Forest, had claimed what The Times described as “millions in public money using a tax scheme designed...
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Brief thoughts on this. Back in 2018, I wrote two papers examining causes of financial regulatory friction in football (links below).
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EU Court of Justice@eucourtofjustice.bsky.social · last yr.⚖️ Judgment in Case C-600/23 Royal Football Club Seraing: can clubs be denied access to national courts to challenge FIFA sanctions under EU law? 🎥 💬 Judge Passer explains with subtitles in all EU languages: 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1... 📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...
Just had a mental block when trying to describe a Court of Appeal decision that came before a Supreme Court decision and landed on “the court…semi finals”.
Not an unknown issue within sports policy—the FATF were talking about this in 2009. The FIFA Clearing House should have gone some way to reducing this risk. For English football particularly, this is within scope of the Independent Football Regulator, & more reason to welcome it.
Miguel Delaney@migueldelaney.bsky.social · last yr.“Football clubs and football agents” named for first time as emerging risk of money laundering/terrorism funding in annual government report Most strikingly, many known football problems - ownership, inequality, agents double representing - cited www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Enjoyable episode of In Our Time on the history of copyright podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
Copyright
Podcast Episode · In Our Time · 12/06/2025 · 1h
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As a Certified Transfer Gossip Addict™ I really enjoyed listening to @rorysmith.bsky.social @migueldelaney.bsky.social and @jonawils.bsky.social talk about the business of transfer reporting podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
Libero 028: Talking About Talking About Transfers
Podcast Episode · Libero · 20/06/2025 · 53m
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Really love what they’ve done with the vacant Debenhams in Bristol city centre. Such a great idea to promote sport and activity and draw people back to the high street. If my ankles still functioned I’d be eating concrete right now. #Shredenhams
Good to hear the main man Sean Cottrell on the Ankura podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The Business Behind Sport: Sean Cottrell, CEO of LawInSport
Podcast Episode · The Ankura Podcast · 07/03/2025 · 43m
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If owned a football club*, the first thing I would do is hire Nikos.
Nikos Overheul@noverheul.bsky.social · last yr.I went on the @analyticsfc.bsky.social pod to talk about: - the importance of goal-setting and strategic clarity - the intricacies of MLS - how I think about risk/reward - how to think about formulating club strategy as a sporting director www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuXM...
Found @danneidle.bsky.social fascinating and thoughtful on the Law & Disorder podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
Dan Neidle v Nadhim Zahawi
Podcast Episode · Law and Disorder · 08/02/2025 · 37m
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Anyway, great time to be finishing up a PhD on the financial regulation of football.
With longer deals becoming a more regular feature of professional road cycling, what does that mean for the rules governing contracts and transfers? I took a look for @cyclingnews.com here www.cyclingnews.com/features/pro...
Pro Cycling’s Contract Dilemma – Can the UCI maintain stability without breaking EU law?
The UCI should get a grip on contractual stability in men’s World Tour cycling – but its current rules might be unlawful
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New interim RTSP just dropped inside.fifa.com/legal/footba...
Bureau of the Council adopts interim regulatory framework concerning RSTP
Following FIFA’s fruitful consultation with key football stakeholders in relation to the transfer system and possible amendments to article 17 of the RSTP, the Bureau of the Council has adopted an int...
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The issue, often, with complaints about the restrictions imposed by PSR/FFP etc is that they focus on microprudential risk. Yes, you could do away with through collateral given by investor owners (etc or whatever), but it doesn’t address the fundamental issue.
This Fountain Court Chambers podcast Daniel Carrall-Green and John Mehrzad KC on competition & sport is absolutely essential listening podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Season 4: Episode 6 - Competition and Sport
Podcast Episode · The Fountain Court Chambers Podcast · 27/11/2024 · 57m
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🚨🗞️ #FootballLaw’s latest article, written with @sportlawyer.bsky.social and @legal-man.bsky.social (a fantasy football law team, you could say 😅), which explains the CJEU’s decision in Diarra and considers its potential impact on the football transfer system 👇 www.footballlaw.co.uk/articles/dia...
Diarra: Tout ou Rien? — Football Law
On 4 October 2024 the Court of Justice of the European Union decided that article 9.1 and parts of article 17 of FIFA’s Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players are contrary to (subject to an...
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