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European court set to study soccer’s homegrown player quotas
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A second soccer legal case is heading to the European Court of Justice, after the referral of the Super League clubs’ dispute with UEFA.
A judge in Belgium has asked the European Union’s court in Luxembourg to examine if UEFA-backed homegrown player rules, designed to protect young local talents, comply with free movement of labor and competition law in the 27-nation bloc.
The case was started last year by Royal Antwerp and its then-player Lior Refaelov, an Israel international. It challenges the Belgian Football Association for setting quotas of homegrown players in a club’s first-team squad and matchday team list.
Because nationality is not a barrier, the UEFA rule was said in 2008 by the European Commission in Brussels to be compatible with free movement of labor.