Abstract

The Belgian football league declined, after the Bosman case, to a secondary level and became a “stepping stone” for players from outside the European Union. The transformation of professional football into a media-corporations-merchandising-markets model throughout Europe resulted in a decline of Belgian competition. The market in Belgian was too small to be competitive, and the old-fashioned Royal Belgian Football Association rejected adaptation to the new environment. Currently, clubs in Belgium can no longer compete with the European elite, and many small teams have been fighting for their existence year after year. The result is the increasing importation of inferior foreign players. A new phenomenon is that many clubs sell their players when they are sure of their prolongation in the first division.

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call

Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.