Blatter is back: keen to limit foreign quota

retired_barbie34 · 10-05-2007, 04:01 PM

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and am i right in thinking that anyone in a profession besides football can terminate their own contracts, provided they give sufficient notice

Isn't that written into their contracts though, e.g. you have to give 6 months notice? It's not a law is it?

retired_heidus17 · 10-05-2007, 04:10 PM

any footballer can terminate their contract, they just cant then go play for someone else

retired_knitter82 · 10-05-2007, 04:40 PM

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Originally posted by Serpico:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by bell:
Someone should really point out to him that football is not exempt from EU law.

The rule simply breaches restraint of trade and freedom of movement laws.

He can challenge all he wants to be honest its bedrock of EU policy and isnt likely going to be changed or amended any way for football. They didnt exempt football in the Bosman case and they arent gonna do it now.

Footballers are workers too Blatter you twonk, they are paid reguarly for the work they do. They arent artists they dont sell their performances to the club after the match for the highest fee they can (sounds like an idea though

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Bloody cretin

I was assured by a pal who's an expert in euro employment law that football can get around the various laws that seem to prohibit such a rule. He did explain it fully to me, but my eyes glazed over and I started drifting off into my fantasy world again. </BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm not exactly an expert, but I think some loopholes are created by the fact that there are two separate aspects involved when a player plays for a certain team. He is employed by the club (at the professional level anyway), but he must also be licensed by the organiser of each competition to represent the team in question. The former part must naturally follow employment laws, but this is not always true for the latter part. This is why transfers can be limited to certain times, i.e. the transfer window, even though there is no legal reason why a player couldn't change employer at any time (assuming all parties agree of course).

retired_nini59 · 10-05-2007, 04:54 PM

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take the olympics for example; only amateurs were allowed to enter

were being the operative word, the professionals challenged it, not sure whether it was within the sports or via the courts, but they can now enter in any of the sports bar boxing.

retired_fabricodalacosta · 10-05-2007, 05:23 PM

It is a complicated issue, but as has been said - if the young english players were good enough, they'd get into the team. Coaches seem intent on making young players good athlete's, rather than good footballer's. Individual skill and flair is something that cannot be taught/coached and yet it's failing to be encouraged.

The whole youth system needs an overhaul, but it'll never happen because the FA prefer to stick their head in the sand on the issue. They really are a shower of bastards.

retired_kilo · 10-05-2007, 06:02 PM

I have no idea if this will ever happen, but it's a great idea. This would do wonders for the Brazilian championship -- no longer would moderately-talented young players move to Europe before appearing 100 times in Brazil.

retired_audberry · 10-05-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by James07?:
I don’t like the idea of putting the limitations on the XI or match-day squad as it forces managers into unnatural choices

I would bet you were thinking about that game in Barcelona as you typed this, Gary Walsh etc...?

retired_jdupont · 10-05-2007, 09:12 PM

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Originally posted by Recife:
I have no idea if this will ever happen, but it's a great idea. This would do wonders for the Brazilian championship -- no longer would moderately-talented young players move to Europe before appearing 100 times in Brazil.

whs