ABSTRACT
Dedicated to the European Superleague case, this chapter draws on insights gained from the author’s doctoral thesis on the compatibility of a possible future Superleague in football with EU competition law. In his thesis, the author does not only question the compatibility of the response chosen by established sports associations to avert initiatives such as the European Superleague (ESL) project, but also explores the question whether the ESL would not itself be problematic under EU competition law, leading to proposals for a more compatible league structure. In this chapter, the focus is on the latter and thus on the role of investors and financial markets as drivers of change, combining legal and conceptual with economic and empirical findings and arguments.
