englischThe more balanced the sports competition, the more exciting for the audience - what is discussed in sports economics under the keyword "competitive balance" is also increasingly used in antitrust law as a justification for competitive restraints by sports associations. This paper [...]

englischThe work deals with the conflict between association and state law. It examines the limits that EU antitrust law and EU fundamental freedoms set for association rules with the aim of promoting young players. The work also shows that the promotion of young players in football has a social [...]

englischThe non-commercial association (Idealverein, sec. 21 German Civil Code) is a legitimate legal entity for professional sports clubs. This legal form is of central importance for commercial sports as well: either the non-commercial association (Idealverein) provides the professional sports [...]

englischThe organisation of major sporting events through so-called host city contracts is largely shielded from the public and the scientific community. For the first time, a more detailed picture of the complex multi-actor arrangements for the Olympic Games 2024 and the UEFA EURO 2024 could be [...]

englischThis work comprehensively analyzes and evaluates how the special characteristics of the employment of assistant coaches in professional football affect the application of German labor law. In particular, the differences to head coaches are elaborated. The focus of the study is on how the [...]

englischThe object of this publication is to explore the legal limits of a European Super League. Like the ECJ in Case C-333/21, the author examines the question of whether UEFA may regulate breakaway competitions and sanction clubs and players for participating in such competitions in order to [...]

englischDurch das Meca-Medina-Urteil des EuGH hielt die rechtfertigende Berücksichtigung sportbezogener Faktoren Einzug in das europäische Kartellrecht und steht inzwischen im Mittelpunkt vieler sportkartellrechtlicher Verfahren. Die vorliegende Arbeit hat sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, diesen Ansatz in [...]

englischGenerating millions in turnover without having to raise a minimum amount of liable capital and at the same time benefiting from tax privileges as a recognised non-profit corporation – what is utopian for classic business enterprises is "business as usual" in many places in today's licensed [...]

englischAthletes must be nominated by their respective National Olympic or Paralympic Committee in order to be admitted to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. In case of a Committee’s suspension – such as Russia's National Olympic Committee in 2018 – the question of direct admission rights for the [...]

englischThe thesis deals with the prerequisites and legal consequences of the contestation (Anfechtung) of transfer transactions in professional sports, taking into account the typical case constellations. The core of the work is the examination of the legally complex question of how the individual [...]