EU Rulings Reflect Increased Antitrust Scrutiny of Sports Governance in Parallel With the US

Reuters Legal News

Bill Batchelor Anthony J. Dreyer Karen M. Lent Vikram J. Pandit

Recent decisions in Europe regarding professional soccer concluded that FIFA and UEFA may hold dominant positions, with some of their rules potentially violating European antitrust law. Partners Karen Lent, Anthony Dreyer and Bill Batchelor discuss these judgments as well as similarities that can be seen in the handling of professional swimming and college athlete transfers in the United States.
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