EU Antitrust Law and Sport Governance

Jacob Kornbeck is a Policy Officer in the European Commission and a former member of its Sport Unit (2001-14), where he was involved in the elaboration of the White Paper (COM(2007) 391) and the Communication on Sport (COM(2011) 12). An external Lecturer at the German Sport University in Cologne, Germany (sports management) and the University of Lille, France (sports law), he has published in the fields of sports law and policy, as well as social policy and social work.

1. Introduction: The slow yet steady rise of EU sports antitrust law (1982-2022). 2. A motor of change? EU antitrust law and sports governance from Meca-Medina to the European Superleague. 3. The International Skating Union case. On a mission to defend the weaker party? 4. The Superleague concept in Euopean football in the light of EU competition law. 5. The application of antitrust legislation by Swiss courts in cases involving international sports governing bodies. 6. Should organising premier-level European football be a monopoly? And who should run it? - An Economists' perspective. 7. On the economic and legal stakes of independent sport leagues: The case of football. 8. Antitrust law, sport and the European social model: An Olympic choice. 9. Conclusion: EU antitrust law and the future of the sports pyramid and the 'one federation' principle.