1. Bosman court ruled players must have freedom of contractThis is going to get interesting for sure...
It sounds from the rumblings that the club are arming for all out legal war with UEFA and a lot of posters seem to think that if we go to a "traditional" law court then FFP will be binned (I really hope so)
But is there any precedent for a law court ruling on a sporting bodies regulations?
From a business point of view FFP is surely illegal - like other blues I agree that a rule that stops an owner from investing in his own business breaks international law (I think?)
But from a sporting point of view a ruling body like UEFA can impose any rules they want... And any club wanting to participate in that sport / competition has to abide by those rules? SO if they brought out a rule saying that all players had to wear odd socks then they would have to? (stupid example I know)
So I have no way of knowing how it will play out in a court (if it gets that far) I hope FFP get's folded into a nice package and UEFA have to bend over and spread their cheeks to "file it" ;)
2. Uefa cannot have any rules they like. The law of the land prevails. In this case they have special dispensation from EU Commission, not necessarily lawful. See Dupont case.