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Rich Man, Poor Man — Players in the New Business of Football

In: The New Business of Football

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  • Stephen Morrow

    (Heriot-Watt University)

Abstract

Considerable structural change in the football industry in recent years has not been restricted to the introduction of satellite television and its effects on club revenues. Another essential factor affecting the industry, both its finances and its treatment of employees, has been the landmark ruling in the Court of Justice of the European Communities (CJEC, 1995b) in the case of Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL v. Bosman (hereafter the Bosman case). Bosman is now perhaps the most famous Belgian footballer of all time. His fame has resulted, however, not from his abilities on the field, but from persistence and determination to seek justice in a court of law against his former club and the football authorities. This chapter considers the role of players within the business of football and in particular the implications of the Bosman ruling on this role.

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  • Stephen Morrow, 1999. "Rich Man, Poor Man — Players in the New Business of Football," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The New Business of Football, chapter 2, pages 30-57, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37174-3_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230371743_3
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    Cited by:

    1. Stephanie Leach & Stefan Szymanski, 2015. "Making Money Out of Football," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 62(1), pages 25-50, February.
    2. Dominik Schreyer & Sascha L. Schmidt & Benno Torgler, 2019. "Football Spectator No-Show Behavior," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 20(4), pages 580-602, May.
    3. Severin J. S. Oeckl & Stephen Morrow, 2022. "CSR in Professional Football in Times of Crisis: New Ways in a Challenging New Normal," IJFS, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-26, September.
    4. Carl Singleton & J. James Reade & Johan Rewilak & Dominik Schreyer, 2021. "How big is home advantage at the Olympic Games?," Economics Discussion Papers em-dp2021-13, Department of Economics, University of Reading.

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