Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2-2024
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192867063.003.0013
Abstract
The specificity of sport is a concept acknowledged on both sides of the Atlantic. In the US it is linked to a (limited) exception from antitrust laws. In Europe, the application of the rules on free movement of persons, services, and workers, as well as antitrust, has left some room for it. But whereas the US has gone full steam ahead to regulate competitive balance, Europe has not. In this contribution, inspired by the work of Steve Weatherill and others, we ask the question whether the observed differentiated approach is justified because of the nature of competition on the two sides of the Atlantic, ie closed leagues in the US, and promotion/relegation in Europe.
Disciplines
European Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Mislav Mataija & Petros C. Mavroidis,
The Crusade for the Holy Grail of Competitive Balance,
The Internal Market Ideal: Essays in Honour of Stephen Weatherill, Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Ariel Ezrachi, Sanja Bogojević & Dorota Leczykiewicz (Eds.), Oxford University Press
(2024).
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