“FIFA is facing a class-action lawsuit over its transfer rules that could include claims from every professional footballer who has played in the European Union or the United Kingdom since 2002, according to the newly created Dutch foundation behind the move. Launched on Monday, the Amsterdam-based Justice for Players (JfP) is the first group to attempt legal action against world football’s governing body using the Court of Justice for the European Union’s (CJEU) ruling in the Lassana Diarra case last October. …”
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NY Times/The Athletic: Is this the end for football’s entire transfer system or not? (Or something else entirely?)