The Consequences of an Open Labour Market in Separated Product Markets in European Professional Football

Trudo Dejonghe () and Wim Van Opstal

Review of Business and Economic Literature, 2009, vol. LIV, issue 4, 489-511

Abstract: Ever since the Bosman case opened the labour market for players in European professional football, competitive balance has reduced in favour of the Big 5 leagues (England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France) and more specific in England, Spain and Italy. In this article we show that changing structures towards an open labour market in separated product markets resulted in a migration of player talents towards the major leagues and teams and in a competitive disadvantage for the smaller market leagues and their teams. Next to a theoretical argumentation, we provide some empirical evidence and assess future options for the structure of European professional football.

Keywords: Bosman case; competitive balance; international labour mobility; professional team sports; stepping stone league (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 L52 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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