The financial crisis in European football

Is there currently a crisis in European professional football? Surely there exists a common set of problems afflicting clubs, with negative financial implications for all. Moreover, a crisis in one large club or group of clubs threatens to damage the financial stability of other clubs. This introduction reviews the financial crises in football in several European countries, searches for common explanations of these crises, and proposes a few solutions, ranging from tighter financial regulation to the restructuring of competition, with the aim of easing the financial burden for smaller clubs in particular.
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Notations:sport games sport history and sport politics social sciences organisations and events
Published in:Journal of Sports Economics
Language:English
Published: 2006
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1527002505282871
Volume:7
Issue:1
Pages:3-12
Document types:article
Level:advanced