Author: Sigrid Soetaert
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While Spain took the trophy, Luxembourg took another look at the rulebook
This July, while the rest of us were tuned in to the World Cup, remarkably, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered a hat-trick of its own: three football-related judgments. Beyond the beautiful game, they shared a common question, namely, how to reconcile the regulatory and disciplinary autonomy of football governing bodies…