Talk:Bosman ruling

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I was thinking that there ought to be an article on the Football (soccer) maximum wage but perhaps it's part of a larger article on Football (soccer) contracts that also incorporates the Bosman ruling, stuff about transfer windows etc, history of players' wages, etc ... Any thoughts?Cutler 17:49, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

I'd agree with the contract page, as football contracts tend to be different to many other sports. For example, most major leagues don't feature 'salary caps' (maximum wage). The eccentricities of transfers though, such as transfer windows, the UK work permit laws, etc might be interesting to add to this 'new' article. --Cory 08:26, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Not only soccer

I am pretty sure that Bosman ruling does not refer only to soccer but also at least to basketball, and maybe to other sports in Europe. If anyone knows more on the subject, please help.--Stellea 07:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Foreign player quotas

The situation pre-Bosman was slightly more complicated than described in this article. In UEFA competitions a team was allowed to field 3 foreign players as well as 2 assimilated foreign players. In pratice this meant that English clubs could field Scottish, Welsh and Irish players as assimilated. (http://www.liv.ac.uk/footballindustry/bosman.html) I think the best example would be the pre-Bosman 1992 European Cup tie between Leeds United and VFB Stuttgart. At the end of the two matches the aggregate score was 4-4 and Leeds should have exited the competition on the away goals rule. However it was noticed that the Germans had fielded too many foreign players in the second match and so a third match was ordered to be played at a neutral ground on appeal (with Leeds winning 2-1 at the Neu Camp.) More to the point the following players played for Leeds in all the matches of the tie: Gary McAllister (Scottish) Gordon Strachan (Scottish) Gary Speed (Welsh)and Eric Cantona (French) (http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/links/VfBStuttgart.html) Presumably at least one of the British players was counted as a naturalised player, otherwise Leeds would also have breached the quota in both previous matches. IrishPete 14:43, 7 September 2006 (UTC)