TY - JOUR
T1 - One rule for one
T2 - the impact of Champions League prize money and Financial Fair Play at the bottom of the European club game
AU - Menary, Steve
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of the prize money distributed by UEFA for participation in the Champions League in the early rounds and to demonstrate that the impact of this money is both disproportionate compared to larger clubs and will, under UEFA?s guidelines for Financial Fair Play, run contrary to governance for larger clubs. This will show that UEFA?s interest in club governance and the impact is solely focused on larger clubs, allowing a seemingly unregulated free-for-all in financial terms at the lower end of the club game, which is unsustainable and runs contrary to UEFA?s own-stated ambitions in terms of fair play, competitive balance and financial governance
AB - The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of the prize money distributed by UEFA for participation in the Champions League in the early rounds and to demonstrate that the impact of this money is both disproportionate compared to larger clubs and will, under UEFA?s guidelines for Financial Fair Play, run contrary to governance for larger clubs. This will show that UEFA?s interest in club governance and the impact is solely focused on larger clubs, allowing a seemingly unregulated free-for-all in financial terms at the lower end of the club game, which is unsustainable and runs contrary to UEFA?s own-stated ambitions in terms of fair play, competitive balance and financial governance
U2 - 10.1080/14660970.2015.1103073
DO - 10.1080/14660970.2015.1103073
M3 - Article
SN - 1466-0970
VL - 17
SP - 666
EP - 679
JO - Soccer and Society
JF - Soccer and Society
IS - 5
ER -