Impact of Jean-Marc Bosman on the Modern Game of
Football
Syddansk Universitet, Esbjerg | The Bosman Case | Competition In Sport |
Jesper Brøndahl
HA Sport- & Eventmanagement |
Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. The European rules 3 3. The transfer system before the Bosman ruling 3 4. The Bosman Case 4 4.1. The prelude 5 4.2. The European Court of Justice considerations towards the judgment 5 4.3. The final judgment 6 5. The impact of the Bosman ruling 6 5.1. Reactions and allegations 6 5.2. The consequences in practice 7 6. Conclusion 7 7. References 8 7.1. Books: 8 7.2. Articles: 8 7.3. Homepages: 8
1. Introduction
There are not many that ever have heard of Jean-Marc Bosman. But the name “Bosman” when it comes to transfers in football sounds familiar to almost everyone.
Jean-Marc Bosman may be a relatively unknown football player didn´t have great football skills. But Jean-Marc Bosman has had an impact on the modern game of football much bigger than any other player, manager and chairman has had and may ever have!
The case of Jean-Marc Bosman (the Bosman case) shook the entire world of professional sport. It was succeeded by the Belgian footballer to win the case over all the major football organizations by the European Court of Justice, and thereby revolutionized what is now called the old transfer system.
This assignment will expose the principles of the Bosman ruling and the key elements will be presented and the effect of the ruling will be analyzed by providing some concrete examples. The aim of this text is to identify which impact the Bosman ruling has had on professional football. In order to identify this, there are some sub questions that need to be answered: Why did Jean-Marc Bosman feel that the old transfer system was a problem? Which considerations did the European Court of Justice have? Which arguments did the Jean-Marc Bosman, the Belgian football federation and UEFA have? And what did the European Court of Justice base their
Jesper Brøndahl
HA Sport- & Eventmanagement |
Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. The European rules 3 3. The transfer system before the Bosman ruling 3 4. The Bosman Case 4 4.1. The prelude 5 4.2. The European Court of Justice considerations towards the judgment 5 4.3. The final judgment 6 5. The impact of the Bosman ruling 6 5.1. Reactions and allegations 6 5.2. The consequences in practice 7 6. Conclusion 7 7. References 8 7.1. Books: 8 7.2. Articles: 8 7.3. Homepages: 8
1. Introduction
There are not many that ever have heard of Jean-Marc Bosman. But the name “Bosman” when it comes to transfers in football sounds familiar to almost everyone.
Jean-Marc Bosman may be a relatively unknown football player didn´t have great football skills. But Jean-Marc Bosman has had an impact on the modern game of football much bigger than any other player, manager and chairman has had and may ever have!
The case of Jean-Marc Bosman (the Bosman case) shook the entire world of professional sport. It was succeeded by the Belgian footballer to win the case over all the major football organizations by the European Court of Justice, and thereby revolutionized what is now called the old transfer system.
This assignment will expose the principles of the Bosman ruling and the key elements will be presented and the effect of the ruling will be analyzed by providing some concrete examples. The aim of this text is to identify which impact the Bosman ruling has had on professional football. In order to identify this, there are some sub questions that need to be answered: Why did Jean-Marc Bosman feel that the old transfer system was a problem? Which considerations did the European Court of Justice have? Which arguments did the Jean-Marc Bosman, the Belgian football federation and UEFA have? And what did the European Court of Justice base their
References: The ECJ: Judgment of 15th. Dec. 1995 in the case C-415/93, “Bosman”. [ 2 ]. The ECJ: Judgment the 15 of dec. 1995 in the case C-415/93, “Bosman”. The rules of football associations article 4. [ 3 ]. The ECJ: Judgment the 15 of dec. 1995 in the case C-415/93, “Bosman”. Transfer rules article 7. [ 4 ]. The ECJ: Judgment the 15 of dec. 1995 in the case C-415/93, “Bosman”. Transfer rules article 8. [ 5 ]. The ECJ: Judgment the 15 of dec. 1995 in the case C-415/93, “Bosman”. Transfer rules article 9. [ 6 ]. The ECJ: Judgment the 15 of dec. 1995 in the case C-415/93, “Bosman”. Transfer rules article 10. [ 7 ]. The ECJ: Judgment the 15 of dec. 1995 in the case C-415/93, “Bosman”. Transfer rules article 10. [ 8 ]. The ECJ: Judgment the 15 of dec. 1995 in the case C-415/93, “Bosman”. Transfer rules article 13. [ 10 ]. The ECJ: Judgment the 15 of dec. 1995 in the case C-415/93, “Bosman”. Transfer rules article 68.