Borja García (he/him) 🇪🇺
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New
#RubialesUpdate
! This time in the form of a paper published! My take on the structures behind what happened at
@rfef
as a symptom of deeper problems in Spanish sport. In
@MSLJournal
and open access!
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new star of British sport, Johanna Konta is australian born of hungarian parents tennis trained in Barcelona. But who needs free movement?
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🚨As they say here, some personal news. 🚨
I am really happy to share my promotion to Reader in Sport Policy and Governance. I am delighted and humbled. Thanks to all those who have supported me since I started my academic career, I would not have done without you.
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Nicholas Randall QC, chairman of
@NFFC
opens
#callitout
and sends a clear message against homophobia and discrimination ”I want to make it very clear, you are not alone; we will support you, we will make sure you are able to enjoy football without discrimination”
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#Breaking
@rfef
has withdrawn Rubiales’ salary and official car. He is also asked to return all IT equipment including phone. He won’t be able to use
@rfef
resources for his legal defence.
La Real Federación Española de Fútbol le ha pedido a su todavía presidente (aunque suspendido) que devuelva también el móvil y el ordenador y no le permitirá usar recursos del organismo para su defensa jurídica
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Maestre has also added details of the acquaintance of Ruiz de Lara with far right MP Macarena Olona.
El juez Ruiz de Lara comiendo con Macarena Olona
Independencia judicial
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UEFA might be starting an (unnecessary) legal battle that, at some point, could regret. If (EU) sports law tells us something, is to beware of unintended consequences.
With the 3 Super League holdouts not backing down UEFA has appointed a disciplinary panel to start a case against Barca, Juve and Real Madrid
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It's here! Extremely happy to announce the publication of our book on football activism in Europe:
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As EU citizen in UK, I am with
@jonworth
in this one. Love the principle of extending rights of EU citizens to vote and be candidates in general elections, but needs to be EU wide and reciprocal. Cannot be rushed in one afternoon, as much as I like the idea.
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New article published! This one has taken quite a while in the making, so could not be happier. We advocate for a new analytical framework to explain sport governance structures. Free e-prints available!
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It is finally out: Spain found to have given illegal state aid to 7 football clubs:
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New paper out! One of the most pleasing of my academic career so far. We explore
@uefa
-
@EU_Commission
regulatory relationship in
@JCMS_EU
. Great team work with
@henktank_wwu
,
@Serhat_yilmaz
& Webster Chakawata. And it is open access! 👉
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News in Spain that the Madrid commercial court has submitted a request for a CJEU preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Arts. 101-2 TFEU and the role of UEFA and FIFA as governing bodies.
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Just received a nice email from a fellow academic saying how much they enjoyed reading a recently published paper. And it was such a boost; not because of the comments on the paper), but for the human touch. If we do not take care of one another, who will?
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Look at the bright side, now many more of you know about competition law and how important the EU is.
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Ruiz de Lara has been embroiled in a heated discussion with a well known left-leaning Spanish journalist,
@antoniomaestre
about the conservative nature of the Spanish judicature. It seems it started here with a direct personal attack from the magistrate
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So,
@sqevans
reports that
@laliga
will "launch a complaint with EU competition authorities" if
@UEFA
is unable to implement the full force of FFP, following
#FootballLeaks
revelations this week.
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Although not directly related to the case, magistrate Manuel Ruiz de Lara has been involved today in a public twitter spat with a Spanish journalist. Let me explain, because I think is relevant.
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So, as you probably know,
@EUCourtPress
grand chamber started today the oral proceedings in the
#Superleague
case, which will continue tomorrow. Short thread. 🧵👇
📷 by
@Ant1Duval
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And they are finally here! Great project to work on with so many great colleagues.
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For my English speaking colleagues, a burofax is not a fax, I’m afraid. It is a sort of certified and signed for ‘telegram’ used to send communications with legal validity between contractual parties, so there is official record.
#SpainIsDifferent
😂
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New paper out! It has taken a year, but I believe this is the first full research article published on the
#Superleague
& events that rocked football a year ago. Now available in
@MSLJournal
, you can download a FREE eprint in this link:
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Now JP Morgan knocks on Infantino’s door and funds new FIFA club’s world cup, that will be readily rubber stamped at Council with UEFA votes. Follow the money, no the hand.
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Superleague: UEFA takes all the money from us.
Reality: 95% of money goes to clubs. UEFA takes only 173m.
📸:
@RobertoBayon_
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Right, today’s
@Telegraph
front page marks the start of the propaganda war to blame Brussels, the EU and
@MichelBarnier
for the consequences of
#Brexit
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I don’t think there is a better summary, for better or for worse, of this tournament. So much in just one picture.
📸:
@JensWeinreich
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When you open Outlook and receive this email:
"Our referees have now considered your paper and have recommended publication. We are pleased to accept your paper in its current form which will now be forwarded to the publisher for copy editing and typesetting."
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Some positive news in the current doom and gloom, as I received this morning my copy of this new textbook I have the pleasure to contribute to. Great praise to
@DrAlexjt
and Terri Byers for their sterling work in memory of Trevor!
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You can follow the 'exchange' (in Spanish) in either of the two timeline's, but this is a summary
Imaginad la tranquilidad que aporta ser periodista y ver a un juez actuar de esta manera contra ti.
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Quite ironic that
@deportegob
is hosting this week a conference on “safe environment in sport” as part of its EU presidency activities.
🎙️ Valencia acoge esta semana distintos eventos de la presidencia
#EU2023ES
en materia deportiva, organizados por el CSD:
▪️ 21-22/09 Reunión de DDGG de Deportes de la UE.
▪️ 22/09 Conferencia: Entornos Seguros en el Deporte.
▪️ 23/09 Inauguración de la
#SemanaEuropeaDelDeporte
.
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It is a great honour, but an even bigger responsibility to be part of the team that will shape the future of Kosovo sport through its legislative framework.
Loughborough's
@DrBorjaGarcia
&
@Ximing_Fan
have been appointed by the Kosovo government to draft the country’s new national sports act 👏
Read more below 👇
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New paper! Really happy to have contributed to this study on the history of football in São Paulo state. Free e-print for anyone interested:
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Want a non-legal analysis of
@EUCourtPress
sport rulings of 21st December? Say no more, we got you covered! My take on the CJEU judgments’ impact on EU sport governance & autonomy, for
#ISLJ
special issue. And it is open access!
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When after 2 & half years, 3 different journals, 8 reviewers, four re-submissions, a reviewer telling you “I do not onow why you submitted this paper to this journal”, you get it accepted.
#AcademicLife
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Today I received an email from a world-leading senior academic in my field praising my "fantastic new paper". It is the same paper that the reviewer "could not see how it contributes to the existing literature". 🤷♂️
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A mixture of uncivilized and personal political attack from the magistrate, with some rather unpleasant choice of vocabulary.
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To me the publication of this book is very special, for it finally signals the maturity and acceptance of football as an area of academic study. Special thanks go to those who dares to believe in us from the outset.
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On
@skysportnews
duty today to discuss "all things Russia", plus a bit on the superleague.
#Governance
#Russia
#GreenShirtDay
Loughborough’s
@DrBorjaGarcia
appeared live on
@SkySportsNews
to discuss:
🗣 Abramovich’s Chelsea sale
🗣 Russia & Belarus athletes not allowed to compete at 2022 Winter Paralympics
🗣The latest on the European Super League
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A missed opportunity. The draft Spanish National Sports Law passed today the committee stage at
@Congreso_Es
. Lots of headlines about
@LaLiga
demands and their protests, but very few about the decision not to accept
@FASFEaficion
proposals for increased supporter representation.
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This is important. The presidents of regional FAs (vast power in Spanish football) call for Rubiales’ inmediate resignation; they also ask Spanish authorities to help with a profound change in
@rfef
structure.
🔴 Comunicado oficial de la Comisión de Presidentes Territoriales de la RFEF.
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Let’s pause for a moment.
- A conservative government talking fan ownership
- Chelsea being people’s club.
Are we in an alternative reality?
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This is not good. After the “noises” from
@iocmedia
now
@uefa
willing to undermine one of the very thin good governance agreements that sport has implemented: term limits. Term limits are essential for accountability. Then UEFA will look surprised when CJEU rules on them…
Huge split developing within Uefa, as Boban takes a string and principled stance on Ceferin’s attempts to change statutes
Last 24 hours understood to be frantic
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Is it allowed back in after being that long abroad? Doest it have pre-settled status? 🤔
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UEFA has managed to control the regulation of European football despite great opposition. How did they convince
@EU_Commission
to do it? We explore it in our latest
@JCMS_EU
paper, now open access for all!!
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So, apparently I am an author on a law books series! 😱 Am I cool now? 🤔👨🏻🎓
Latest in our Research Handbooks on EU Law! Jack Anderson et al on EU Sports Law & Policy -
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I was asked by
@el_pais
last week about the economic impact of
@LaLiga
Madrid clubs. My answer? Well, not as much as
@Tebasjavier
wants us to believe.
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That is interesting. A Madrid court prevents UEFA, FIFA and La Liga to take any inmediate action against Superleague clubs.
Un juzgado de Madrid prohíbe a la UEFA, la FIFA y LaLiga que adopten medidas contra la Superliga via
@el_pais
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I have to say that given the Brexit context and belittling of scientific knowledge, I could not think of a better title. Really proud.
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UK Parliament launches enquiry into post-Brexit freedom of movement in the field of sport. No call for written evidence yet, though.
@eusportslaw
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“The rise and demise of the Superleague”,
@SportAndEU
members analyse the news that rocked European sport in a new online roundtable.
@tariqpanja
@UACES
@EuSport
@LawInSport
@spcott
@Prof_Chadwick
@Sportslaw_Asser
@SDEurope07
@AdamCrafton_
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Really glad to have been invited by
@FIFAcom
to speak about our favourite legal case of late!
#Superleague
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Ladies and gentlemen, believe it or not, it is
#BosmanDay
. 27 years to the day in which the ECJ delivered that historic ruling.
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Student feedback: "Thank you for your continuous passion in teaching us the governance of sport, especially under
these unpredictable circumstances. This module has
been challenging, but you made it very interesting and applicable to the current situation in the sports industry"
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The big week of EU sport law has just begun at
@EUCourtPress
with the hearing of the
#ISU
case. At 14.30 CET will start the hearing of the
#SuperLeague
case, which will continue tomorrow morning.
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Today is a very special day. We are launching the Sports Law, Policy & Diplomacy journal. A diamond open-access journal. This is a very special project to make publishing accessible to all. Help us to grow the journal.
🚨Announcement🚨
Today is a great day for us, as we publish the first issue of the Sports Law, Policy and Diplomacy Journal. Our open-access academic journal published in cooperation with
@UniRijeka
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Not a mention of Alberto Salazar in the 5 minute eulogy of Sir Mo Farah preceding
@BBCSport
coverage of 10,000 m. final in
@IAAFDoha2019
. Probably was an unintended oversight...
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Some exciting news for the year ahead. I am thrilled to start, after the summer, a research fellowship that will take me first to
@UniRijeka
Centre for Sport Law, Policy & Diplomacy to work on a project on the European Model of Sport. Thanks to Vanja Smokvina for hosting me.
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Well, here we are again.
@martynziegler
´s excellent scoop (congrats) has opened the skies of European football governance once again. UEFA has reacted strongly to the challenge, but can they call the bluff?
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Great day today teaching in
@FIFAcom
diploma in football law. Hopefully the relevance of EU law for football is a bit clearer now!
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I am really happy and honored to join
@SDEurope07
Advisory Board. I hope to help the organisation to achieve its aims of supporter representation in football governance.
We also extend a warm welcome to
@DrBorjaGarcia
, expert in sports governance and EU sports policy from the University of Loughborough, who joins the SD Europe advisory board.
#SDEAGM21
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It is really disheartening that one of Spanish sport's biggest achievements is being overshadowed by the unacceptable behaviour of
@rfef
president Luis Rubiales.
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Britain conquers Europe again!! I hear you say after this week’s
@ChampionsLeague
madness? Well, yes, it seems so. And they do it on the back of:
- A German manager
- Dutch and Belgian goal scorers
- An Argentinian manager
- A brazilian/portuguese hattrick hero
- American owners
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UEFA decides to halt proceedings against Superleague rebels following communication of the Madrid commercial court's order of interim measures
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Too little, too late. One needs to walk the walk, not just talk the talk.
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📣🚨 New article out! 🚨📣 ‘Club-militants, institutionalists, critics, moderns and globalists: A quantitative governance-based typology of football supporters’, with
@llopisgoig_r
. If you are interested and want a copy, please DM.
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As we approach crunch time, your seasonal reminder that this is the last transfer window British clubs will be able to sign EU/EEA players without being subject to a quota or work permit.
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The owner of Spanish 3rd tier football club
@cdcastellon
makes in today’s interview with
@sidlowe
in
@guardian
a stronger defence of the European Model of Sport than CJEU did in Superleague or Royal Antwerp.
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Do I look enough like an expert? Thanks to
@canalplus
for having me.
@FrancoBrit
"There are [football] clubs which will benefit from
#Brexit
and clubs that will have problems.
"... the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer."
Sporting policy expert
@DrBorjaGarcia
talking to
@canalplus
about the impact of Brexit on British sport.
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Usual reminder that a
#Superleague
is needed because no one is interested in
@ChampionsLeague
anymore, according to Andrea Agnelli.
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So, we nos finally have the framework for transfers and registration of overseas footballers in England post
#Brexit
from January 1st, as announced yesterday. A few thoughts after looking at some data.
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There we go. We have a case and reference number that could make history in EU sports law. Ahead of us, a legal process that could heavily impact the governance of European sport. Somehow I feel, though, this will disappoint those betting for a “new Bosman”, but time will tell.
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So,
#Brexit
nightmare is partially over for me as I finally got British citizenship yesterday. I am not particularly happy. A step I reluctantly took to protect myself. But I am not proud at all of being part of a state that, basically, wanted to make me a 2nd class citizen. 🇪🇺
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A groundbreaking reform for English football, if implemented in full. Stronger financial management controls are needed, and greater supporter involvement is paramount to preserve social value of clubs. In my view, good job by
@tracey_crouch
#FanLedReview
#Governance
📺 ⚽️
Loughborough’s
@DrBorjaGarcia
speaks to
@BBCNews
to discuss the fan-led review into football, chaired by former sports minister
@tracey_crouch
.
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As usual,
#UACES2017
best conference of the year. Great academics, great people. Thanks
@UACES
and see you in Bath for
#UACES2018
!
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Making headlines in Sri Lanka. Calling for capacity building to develop sports governance. Thanks to
@OlympicLK
for the opportunity.
#Governance
#Impact
#Enterprise
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New lockdown, so I’ve started baking already. Introducing “roscón de reyes”.
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We have a 35% discount code for the purchase of personal copies of the new Research Handbook on EU sports law and policy. Please DM me if interested! Also, you can access the e-version of the book here, with chapter 1 being fully available for free!
Latest in our Research Handbooks on EU Law! Jack Anderson et al on EU Sports Law & Policy -
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Well, there we have one for sports diplomacy experts. Spain playing Kosovo (a country it does not formally recognise and has resisted allowing its athlete to compete in Spanish territory in the past) in the
@FIFAWorldCup
qualification.
@CpgUC3M
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My reflections on the European Model of Sport, supporters and football governance. Thanks to
@SDEurope07
for the forum.
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I think it is far too early to be that optimistic, I am afraid. Not least because of the wider context of Spanish sport governance.
The federation has changed hopefully for ever
- the new president and the rest of decision makers at the FA have asked for the resignation of the suspended former president Rubiales
- they promise a restructuring of the federation and the total support of women football
The…
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Can we stop giving benefits to circa 1m Brits collapsing Spanish NHS in Malaga and Alicante?
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On the day that
@BorisJohnson
and
@EmmanuelMacron
have tweeted about the breakaway league I can only send my regards to those who back in 2003 were asking me why I was doing football research.
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Student feedback of my UG module released today: “Despite the online lecture destrictions, this one was the most engaging and entertaining I experienced this academic year.”
It is great to see students appreciating the hard work that went into teaching this year. It made my day.
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OMG! Our Handbook on the Olympics and Paralympics is now out for pre-orders! Great project with
@dikaiac
and
@seguinben
😱😱
Proud our book is out for pre-orders
@DrBorjaGarcia
@seguinben
thanks to all 58 authors
@JChappelet
@beatriz_garcia
@LawTop20
@vasilisminoudis
@axillpap
@LucindaHowland
@Phil_Hurst1
@Dr_Ian_Brittain
@andymiah
@prof_guy_osborn
@Thebeesanctuary
@ProfMikeWeed
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Come to
@lborouniversity
and research the impact of
#Brexit
on sport with me. Any questions, please DM/contact me
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Today I will step into a lecture theatre for the first time since 9th March 2020. I hope this is like cycling… (and I hope I can find it).
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A gender balanced and very diverse board of directors...
European Leagues kick-off new cycle with new structure
🗞️➡️
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#SuperLeague
update! Madrid's commercial court (now with a different magistrate, as the original magistrate has moved on to a different court) has lifted the interim junctions imposed on UEFA at the request of the SuperLeague.
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Congratulations to
@SDEurope07
. The
@Europarl_EN
has voted
@TFrankowski21
report on sport policy. It is a report that positions itself clearly in favor of the EMS, against the football superleague. It advocates for the formal recognition of fans in football's governance.
🇪🇺🗳️ The EU Sports Policy Report prepared by
@TFrankowski21
has been voted for by MEPs!
✅ The report acknowledges the special status of fans, backs supporter involvement in decision making in football & recognising them as stakeholders!
Our statement:
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Great to deliver a guest lecture for
@khasscm
today on EU sport policy and governance in the brilliant company of
@Birkbecksport
. Thanks for the questions. Hope to be in person next year.
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My office view today. Really happy to attend FIFA football law annual review with a great variety of topics on the agenda, not least
#Superleague
to be debated tomorrow. Today, agents.
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Cannot believe this project is finally published! Great to work with
@dikaiac
and Benoit Seguin in this handbook. If it were a newborn, it would be a really big one!
New book! ‘Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games’- a landmark survey of current and future economic, commercial, socio-political, cultural and governance challenges facing the Olympic and Paralympic Games, their athletes and institutions
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How happy would be FIFA partner
@adidas_ES
executives that their logo won’t be visible in, arguably, Lionel Messi’s most iconic pictures, but a traditional Qatari clothing will?
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So, as widely reported, FIFA and 6 continental confederation support each other against the creation of a private football superleague. (Thread)
FIFA and six global confederations sign agreement to bar any player that takes part in a breakaway Super League from playing in World Cup or regional events like Euros. Declaration comes amid mounting speculation of a breakaway European Super League.
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So, we are about to enter perhaps one of the most important weeks in the interplay of EU law and sport. On Monday morning
@EUCourtPress
will see the
#ISU
#RightToCompete
case. Then at 14.30 and Tuesday morning the Court will see the
#Superleague
case.
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I was told today by a colleague that my calmed leadership is really appreciated. I've never seen myself as a leader, never thought my leadership skills are specially good (rather the opposite); so this made my day.
#EnjoyLittheThings
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The
@UniRijeka
and
@SportAndEU
Summer School on EU Sport Policy, Law & Diplomacy looks fantastic.
📆18-20 June
👩🎓4 ECTS credits available
💶FREE
➡️Registration:
➡️Program and more info:
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