The European Court of Justice has ruled that FIFA and UEFA acted unlawfully in their efforts to block the European Super League.
Thursday’s verdict found that FIFA’s and UEFA’s rules requiring new football competitions to be subject to their prior approval, and banning players from taking part in those competitions, were “unlawful.”
“There is no framework for the FIFA and UEFA rules ensuring that they are transparent, objective, non-discriminatory and proportionate,” the court said.
“Similarly, the rules giving FIFA and UEFA exclusive control over the commercial exploitation of the rights related to those competitions are such as to restrict competition, given their importance for the media, consumers and television viewers in the European Union.”
The verdict is not necessarily specific to the European Super League, but the competition was at the heart of the argument put forward by A22 Sports Management.
