Jan Zglinski
@janzglinski.bsky.social
Associate Prof at LSE Law School. Fellow of Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law. Football and law.
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Auch aus der Sicht sehr lesenswert: die Forderung nach einem europaweiten Eingreifen durch einen European Sports Act, den @janzglinski.bsky.social, @janexner.bsky.social und Stephen Weatherill hier formuliert haben.
www.faz.net/aktuell/spor...
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Korrupte Verbände: Warum wir ein europäisches Sportgesetz brauchen
Sportverbände haben das Autonomieprinzip zu oft als Deckmantel für schlechte Verbandsführung missbraucht. Die Europäische Union muss dem Profisport einen rechtlichen Rahmen setzen.
www.faz.net
June 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Auch aus der Sicht sehr lesenswert: die Forderung nach einem europaweiten Eingreifen durch einen European Sports Act, den @janzglinski.bsky.social, @janexner.bsky.social und Stephen Weatherill hier formuliert haben.
www.faz.net/aktuell/spor...
www.faz.net/aktuell/spor...
"Too often have federations abused the principle of autonomy as a cover for poor governance. The European Union must establish a regulatory framework for professional sports."
We need a European Sports Act.
We need a European Sports Act.
"Sportverbände haben das Autonomieprinzip zu oft als Deckmantel für schlechte Verbandsführung missbraucht. Die Europäische Union muss dem Profisport einen rechtlichen Rahmen setzen." - Beitrag von @janzglinski.bsky.social, @janexner.bsky.social & Stephen Weatherill
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zeitung.faz.net/faz/sport/20...
Wir brauchen ein europäisches Sportgesetz
zeitung.faz.net
June 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Too often have federations abused the principle of autonomy as a cover for poor governance. The European Union must establish a regulatory framework for professional sports."
We need a European Sports Act.
We need a European Sports Act.
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How to fix football / FIFA?
"...the most promising avenue is EU legislation which sets out minimum governance standards as well as substantive requirements, including on human rights, gender equality, and athlete welfare." - @janzglinski.bsky.social
Great thread by @ncgeehan.bsky.social⤵️
"...the most promising avenue is EU legislation which sets out minimum governance standards as well as substantive requirements, including on human rights, gender equality, and athlete welfare." - @janzglinski.bsky.social
Great thread by @ncgeehan.bsky.social⤵️
Bayern Munich fans at the Club World Cup held up a banner saying "world football is more poorly governed than before" and "smash FIFA".
They are not going out on a limb here.
A 🧵 on the experts and organisations that recently said the same thing...
They are not going out on a limb here.
A 🧵 on the experts and organisations that recently said the same thing...
June 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
How to fix football / FIFA?
"...the most promising avenue is EU legislation which sets out minimum governance standards as well as substantive requirements, including on human rights, gender equality, and athlete welfare." - @janzglinski.bsky.social
Great thread by @ncgeehan.bsky.social⤵️
"...the most promising avenue is EU legislation which sets out minimum governance standards as well as substantive requirements, including on human rights, gender equality, and athlete welfare." - @janzglinski.bsky.social
Great thread by @ncgeehan.bsky.social⤵️
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5/ Dr Jan Zglinski, @janzglinski.bsky.social Associate Professor at LSE Law School. Author of, among other things, 'For the good of the game: fixing football through improved regulation'. www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/society/fixing-football-through-improved-regulation
For the good of the game: fixing football through improved regulation
Jan Zglinski argues that introducing new football laws can help to address the deep-rooted problems affecting the beautiful game.
www.lse.ac.uk
June 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
5/ Dr Jan Zglinski, @janzglinski.bsky.social Associate Professor at LSE Law School. Author of, among other things, 'For the good of the game: fixing football through improved regulation'. www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/society/fixing-football-through-improved-regulation
Fans of Bayern Munich reference our @fairsq.bsky.social statement on the misgovernance of football at the FIFA Club World Cup:
"10 Years Baur au Lac - World Football is More Poorly Governed than Before"
Time for change.
"10 Years Baur au Lac - World Football is More Poorly Governed than Before"
Time for change.
Bayern Munich fans at the Club World Cup held up a banner saying "world football is more poorly governed than before" and "smash FIFA".
They are not going out on a limb here.
A 🧵 on the experts and organisations that recently said the same thing...
They are not going out on a limb here.
A 🧵 on the experts and organisations that recently said the same thing...
June 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fans of Bayern Munich reference our @fairsq.bsky.social statement on the misgovernance of football at the FIFA Club World Cup:
"10 Years Baur au Lac - World Football is More Poorly Governed than Before"
Time for change.
"10 Years Baur au Lac - World Football is More Poorly Governed than Before"
Time for change.
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Today's LSE Festival highlight:
Know the story of 1971 Women's World Cup in Mexico? Women's football, watched by record crowds, but written out of history because it was "not commercially viable"
What's the future for women in sport?
FREE film screening +Q&A with director+ @janzglinski.bsky.social
Know the story of 1971 Women's World Cup in Mexico? Women's football, watched by record crowds, but written out of history because it was "not commercially viable"
What's the future for women in sport?
FREE film screening +Q&A with director+ @janzglinski.bsky.social
Copa 71 | LSE Festival film screening
6pm Fri 20 Jun | Film screening and Q&A with Rachel Ramsay | Free event at the LSE Festival: Visions for the Future | Ticket required
www.lse.ac.uk
May 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Today's LSE Festival highlight:
Know the story of 1971 Women's World Cup in Mexico? Women's football, watched by record crowds, but written out of history because it was "not commercially viable"
What's the future for women in sport?
FREE film screening +Q&A with director+ @janzglinski.bsky.social
Know the story of 1971 Women's World Cup in Mexico? Women's football, watched by record crowds, but written out of history because it was "not commercially viable"
What's the future for women in sport?
FREE film screening +Q&A with director+ @janzglinski.bsky.social
Great to see @theguardian.com covering our open letter in which we call for a reform of football governance.
It has been 10 years since we were promised a fundamental overhaul of how the game is run. Too little has changed - and not much for the better.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
It has been 10 years since we were promised a fundamental overhaul of how the game is run. Too little has changed - and not much for the better.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fifa ‘more poorly governed today than 10 years ago’, open letter to organisation claims
Fifa is “arguably more poorly governed today than it was 10 years ago”, figures from across the world of football have argued in an open letter
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Great to see @theguardian.com covering our open letter in which we call for a reform of football governance.
It has been 10 years since we were promised a fundamental overhaul of how the game is run. Too little has changed - and not much for the better.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
It has been 10 years since we were promised a fundamental overhaul of how the game is run. Too little has changed - and not much for the better.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
May 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
When near Naples...
"Served by Maradona"
"Served by Maradona"
May 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
When near Naples...
"Served by Maradona"
"Served by Maradona"
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A new proposal for a European Sports Act, by @janzglinski.bsky.social and others, deserves strong support. The evidence in favour of imposing regulation on dysfunctional sport bodies like FIFA is overwhelming. This is what that could look like in practice. fairsq.org/new-proposal...
May 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A new proposal for a European Sports Act, by @janzglinski.bsky.social and others, deserves strong support. The evidence in favour of imposing regulation on dysfunctional sport bodies like FIFA is overwhelming. This is what that could look like in practice. fairsq.org/new-proposal...
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While the US already has the Ted Stevens Act and the SafeSport Act and might take up something on college sports, a broadbased approach to sports governance like this could be useful too. The challenge is that so much of US pro sports is governed by collective bargaining
Our proposal for a European Sports Act!
Sport needs reforming and the EU, so we believe, can effect positive change. We propose EU rules on good governance, social responsibility, human rights, plus better safeguards for athletes and fans.
A short thread breaking down the key elements.
Sport needs reforming and the EU, so we believe, can effect positive change. We propose EU rules on good governance, social responsibility, human rights, plus better safeguards for athletes and fans.
A short thread breaking down the key elements.
April 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
While the US already has the Ted Stevens Act and the SafeSport Act and might take up something on college sports, a broadbased approach to sports governance like this could be useful too. The challenge is that so much of US pro sports is governed by collective bargaining
Our proposal for a European Sports Act!
Sport needs reforming and the EU, so we believe, can effect positive change. We propose EU rules on good governance, social responsibility, human rights, plus better safeguards for athletes and fans.
A short thread breaking down the key elements.
Sport needs reforming and the EU, so we believe, can effect positive change. We propose EU rules on good governance, social responsibility, human rights, plus better safeguards for athletes and fans.
A short thread breaking down the key elements.
April 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Our proposal for a European Sports Act!
Sport needs reforming and the EU, so we believe, can effect positive change. We propose EU rules on good governance, social responsibility, human rights, plus better safeguards for athletes and fans.
A short thread breaking down the key elements.
Sport needs reforming and the EU, so we believe, can effect positive change. We propose EU rules on good governance, social responsibility, human rights, plus better safeguards for athletes and fans.
A short thread breaking down the key elements.
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we wrote this with doctoral students in law in Europe in mind. My impression is many of them are methodologically lost. We hope that the expert coding lens and framework can help at least some of them out
Are we all coders now? @movadek.bsky.social, Phillip Schroeder and @janzglinski.bsky.social on a way out of expertise anxiety induced by the rise of empirical legal studies.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Where law meets data: a practical guide to expert coding in legal research | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
Where law meets data: a practical guide to expert coding in legal research
www.cambridge.org
April 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
we wrote this with doctoral students in law in Europe in mind. My impression is many of them are methodologically lost. We hope that the expert coding lens and framework can help at least some of them out
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Are we all coders now? @movadek.bsky.social, Phillip Schroeder and @janzglinski.bsky.social on a way out of expertise anxiety induced by the rise of empirical legal studies.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Where law meets data: a practical guide to expert coding in legal research | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
Where law meets data: a practical guide to expert coding in legal research
www.cambridge.org
April 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Are we all coders now? @movadek.bsky.social, Phillip Schroeder and @janzglinski.bsky.social on a way out of expertise anxiety induced by the rise of empirical legal studies.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How much authority does CAS deserve, how much does it need?
Intriguing proposal by @antoineduval.bsky.social to apply the old German 'Solange' doctrine to sports arbitration. 👇
Intriguing proposal by @antoineduval.bsky.social to apply the old German 'Solange' doctrine to sports arbitration. 👇
Check out my blog @verfassungsblog.de engaging with AG Ćapeta's Opinion in the #Seraing case & its implications for the #CAS.
I share the AG's view on the specificities of CAS #arbitration, but think its supervision by the #CJEU should take the form of a transnational #Solange.
#EUlaw #Sportslaw
I share the AG's view on the specificities of CAS #arbitration, but think its supervision by the #CJEU should take the form of a transnational #Solange.
#EUlaw #Sportslaw
AG Ćapeta in the Seraing case would deprive CAS arbitration awards of their res judicata.
ANTOINE DUVAL proposes a less disruptive approach, conditioning the award on their compliance with European public policy and fundamental due process rights:
verfassungsblog.de/the-court-of...
ANTOINE DUVAL proposes a less disruptive approach, conditioning the award on their compliance with European public policy and fundamental due process rights:
verfassungsblog.de/the-court-of...
February 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
How much authority does CAS deserve, how much does it need?
Intriguing proposal by @antoineduval.bsky.social to apply the old German 'Solange' doctrine to sports arbitration. 👇
Intriguing proposal by @antoineduval.bsky.social to apply the old German 'Solange' doctrine to sports arbitration. 👇
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#Sportslaw breaking!
AG Capeta from the #CJEU concludes in her Opinion under the #Seraing case that #CAS awards ought to be subjected to full review (all of EU law, not limited to EU public policy) by national courts to ensure effectiveness of #EULaw.
#Arbitration
AG Capeta from the #CJEU concludes in her Opinion under the #Seraing case that #CAS awards ought to be subjected to full review (all of EU law, not limited to EU public policy) by national courts to ensure effectiveness of #EULaw.
#Arbitration
January 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#Sportslaw breaking!
AG Capeta from the #CJEU concludes in her Opinion under the #Seraing case that #CAS awards ought to be subjected to full review (all of EU law, not limited to EU public policy) by national courts to ensure effectiveness of #EULaw.
#Arbitration
AG Capeta from the #CJEU concludes in her Opinion under the #Seraing case that #CAS awards ought to be subjected to full review (all of EU law, not limited to EU public policy) by national courts to ensure effectiveness of #EULaw.
#Arbitration
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It's taken a long time, and NASL hasn't played a season since 2017, but the league's antitrust case against U.S. Soccer and MLS finally heads to trial this week. The key question: does U.S. Soccer have too much control over the market for pro soccer? I tackle that in a @sportico.bsky.social article:
U.S. Soccer, MLS and NASL Head to Long-Awaited Antitrust Trial
It's taken a while, but NASL's antitrust case against U.S. Soccer and MLS heads to trial this week in a case featuring high profile sports attorneys.
www.sportico.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's taken a long time, and NASL hasn't played a season since 2017, but the league's antitrust case against U.S. Soccer and MLS finally heads to trial this week. The key question: does U.S. Soccer have too much control over the market for pro soccer? I tackle that in a @sportico.bsky.social article:
More sports antitrust - this time from the US. Have the national federation (US Soccer) and existing top league (MLS) kept a competitor (NASL) out?
NASL's antitrust trial against US Soccer and Major League Soccer officially began this morning at 9 am EST in Brooklyn in the Eastern District of New York's courtroom under the direction of Judge Hector Gonzalez. They will be starting with jury selection
January 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
More sports antitrust - this time from the US. Have the national federation (US Soccer) and existing top league (MLS) kept a competitor (NASL) out?
The inevitable has happened: a year after the European Court of Justice’s ruling, A22 has finally submitted a re-re-worked proposal for the European Super League.
If (big if!) enough clubs sign up, there is legal trouble ahead for UEFA.
If (big if!) enough clubs sign up, there is legal trouble ahead for UEFA.
December 17, 2024 at 9:04 PM
The inevitable has happened: a year after the European Court of Justice’s ruling, A22 has finally submitted a re-re-worked proposal for the European Super League.
If (big if!) enough clubs sign up, there is legal trouble ahead for UEFA.
If (big if!) enough clubs sign up, there is legal trouble ahead for UEFA.
The (shadow) football regulator is hiring 👇
This should appeal to the right person who loves football and wants to ensure a fairer future for Our Nationsl Game
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
Head of Supervision, Shadow Football Regulator - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UKGOV.UK
Search and apply for jobs in the UK Civil Service
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk
December 16, 2024 at 2:44 PM
The (shadow) football regulator is hiring 👇
Norwegian Football Federation will abstain from 2030 and 2034 World Cup vote (or vote against if by acclamation).
Lise Klaveness criticises the bidding process as violating principles of good governance and, crucially, FIFA’s own human rights policies.
Lise Klaveness criticises the bidding process as violating principles of good governance and, crucially, FIFA’s own human rights policies.
🧵Unlike most, if not all, other FAs, the Norwegian FA is seeking to to get in on the record that they are disappointed in FIFA's handling of both the bidding process for the 2030 & 2034 men's World Cups and its negligent handling of human rights issues
www.nrk.no/sport/nff-av...
www.nrk.no/sport/nff-av...
NFF avstår fra å stemme om Saudi-Arabia-VM: – Et bevisst valg
NFF støtter ikke VM i Saudi-Arabia i 2034. – Tildelingsprosessen har vært kritikkverdig, sier fotballpresident Lise Klaveness.
www.nrk.no
December 10, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Norwegian Football Federation will abstain from 2030 and 2034 World Cup vote (or vote against if by acclamation).
Lise Klaveness criticises the bidding process as violating principles of good governance and, crucially, FIFA’s own human rights policies.
Lise Klaveness criticises the bidding process as violating principles of good governance and, crucially, FIFA’s own human rights policies.
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BREAKING NEWS
Tories plotting to wreck Football Governance Bill
Time for those that care to step forward
Say yes to:
✅️ Fair financial flow
✅️ Good governance
✅️ No more vested interest
@fairgameuk.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Tories plotting to wreck Football Governance Bill
Time for those that care to step forward
Say yes to:
✅️ Fair financial flow
✅️ Good governance
✅️ No more vested interest
@fairgameuk.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Government Condemns Tory Peers' Efforts To Block Football Reform Bill
Exclusive: The Government has accused the Tory peers of “cynical” behaviour to ground the Football Governance Bill to a halt in the Lords.
www.politicshome.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:16 PM
BREAKING NEWS
Tories plotting to wreck Football Governance Bill
Time for those that care to step forward
Say yes to:
✅️ Fair financial flow
✅️ Good governance
✅️ No more vested interest
@fairgameuk.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Tories plotting to wreck Football Governance Bill
Time for those that care to step forward
Say yes to:
✅️ Fair financial flow
✅️ Good governance
✅️ No more vested interest
@fairgameuk.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Quite the FIFA document dump last night:
🏆'Best bid ever' - FIFA's evaluation of Saudi 2034 World Cup, whitewashing human rights
✈️'Low environmental risk' of 6 country/3 continent 2030 WC
👷Independent report concludes FIFA *does* have responsibility to compensate workers in Qatar (PS. FIFA ignores)
🏆'Best bid ever' - FIFA's evaluation of Saudi 2034 World Cup, whitewashing human rights
✈️'Low environmental risk' of 6 country/3 continent 2030 WC
👷Independent report concludes FIFA *does* have responsibility to compensate workers in Qatar (PS. FIFA ignores)
November 30, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Quite the FIFA document dump last night:
🏆'Best bid ever' - FIFA's evaluation of Saudi 2034 World Cup, whitewashing human rights
✈️'Low environmental risk' of 6 country/3 continent 2030 WC
👷Independent report concludes FIFA *does* have responsibility to compensate workers in Qatar (PS. FIFA ignores)
🏆'Best bid ever' - FIFA's evaluation of Saudi 2034 World Cup, whitewashing human rights
✈️'Low environmental risk' of 6 country/3 continent 2030 WC
👷Independent report concludes FIFA *does* have responsibility to compensate workers in Qatar (PS. FIFA ignores)
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FIFA has dumped its World Cup bid evaluation report for Saudi Arabia after midnight on Friday. Wonder why? Saudi, according to FIFA’s evaluation, is a great candidate to host World Cup. Human rights issues, it suggests, will be improved by giving Saudi World Cup
digitalhub.fifa.com/m/51d8a13714...
digitalhub.fifa.com/m/51d8a13714...
digitalhub.fifa.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:46 PM
FIFA has dumped its World Cup bid evaluation report for Saudi Arabia after midnight on Friday. Wonder why? Saudi, according to FIFA’s evaluation, is a great candidate to host World Cup. Human rights issues, it suggests, will be improved by giving Saudi World Cup
digitalhub.fifa.com/m/51d8a13714...
digitalhub.fifa.com/m/51d8a13714...