“Being a champion tends to open doors to other realms. But landing a front-row seat at some of the hottest shows in Paris — or a coveted contract — doesn’t just fall from the sky. Even when your home country…
Read more“The agreement will see CBS Sports air at least 250 EFL matches each season across the Championship, League One, League Two, Carabao Cup and Bristol Street Motors Trophy beginning in August and continuing through the end of the 2027/28 season…
Read more“Americans are dreamers. We are renowned for trying to do exceptional things. So if they have a passion, they would try to act on that passion, even though some would say 'this is crazy'. I have heard plenty of feedback…
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"Sixth Street was the first to own a team in building out the San Francisco women’s team, Bay FC, last year. At the time, the firm paid a record $54 million for the league’s 14th franchise.
The second-ever such…
Read more“Getting the right details included in the transfer agreement in the way the Battery did is crucial. It’s something the league has been working diligently on to make sure that clubs are not only compensated well initially, but also receive…
Read more“If you’re in the USL’s shoes, with a startup league, it’s not necessarily the easiest thing in the world to get a major media company excited about a traditional rights arrangement. There was this opportunity for the USL to be…
Read more"YouGov’s global fan profiles revealed an 88 per cent growth between 2021 and 2024 in Americans who indicate they are “somewhat interested” in the Premier League, or consider it among their “top interests”, taking the overall figure up to 23…
Read more“Where an agent is acting for both an acquiring club and a footballer (i.e. dual representation), then any fee paid by the club to the agent will, in principle, be treated by HMRC as giving rise to a benefit in…
Read more“We have historically played through such competitions. Last year we played through the Gold Cup. This year with Copa América being here, we have to play through it as well so we can maximize the MLS match dates within the…
Read more"The state of the pitch was a disaster. Very bumpy. We must improve in this aspect; otherwise, Copa América will always appear at a lower level than the European Championship." - Emiliano Martínez
“Put another way, what MLS appears to currently be doing well is giving opportunities for advancement to players from nations whose domestic leagues are in the lower tiers of quality in the Western Hemisphere. That’s not a bad thing. But…
Read more“Although the spotlight on financial fraud in football has been shone mostly at top European clubs, the problem of financial crime in football is much more systemic. Recent investigations conducted across the European continent have highlighted the risks connected to…
Read more"FIFA forgets that player and teams will not participate in the new Club World Cup. A single Real Madrid match is worth €20 million and FIFA wants to give us that amount for the entire tournament. Negative. Like us, other…
Read more"Honestly, the project feels like my life, so I identify with it a lot. I think it’s a great project. I believe we can give many young players the chance to grow and have a better life so close to…
Read moreThe Ross-Arctos Sports Franchise Index (RASFI) covers more than 60 years of North American franchise transactions and provides a real-time, data-driven gauge of aggregate franchise valuation growth.
"The data presented in the Professional Football Landscape, the first digital database of its kind, which also includes a countdown of the different transfer windows around the globe, provides more clarity on the dates surrounding the international movement of players."
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Read more"Wenger, who is now FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development, will oversee the PFA’s new Football and Business Management BA (Hons) degree, the first undergraduate course to be offered by the PFA Business School.
The three-year programme, beginning in August…
Read more“My Wi-Fi failed four times during the exam and you’re panicking and rushing to finish the exam. It shouldn’t be that hard to get this stuff right, but it was a bit farcical.”
“It’s a stark contrast with the NWSL, where eight of its 14 teams are not run by owners with affiliations to a men’s side. Part of that is by design, as the league sells expansion slots to investors who want…
Read more“I think where I have reservations is around the incentivisation of clubs to use that as their strategy. It used to be that in order to thrive, you wanted to be attached to a men’s club, because hopefully you could…
Read more“Despite the obvious efforts by FIFA, this author is of the opinion, and concerned, that a number of FIFA’s member associations are lagging in terms of establishing a standard NDRC to efficiently resolve disputes among football stakeholders; particularly players and…
Read more“Professional players’ union FIFPro and the World Leagues Association — which represents 46 domestic league competitions worldwide, including Europe’s top five leagues and MLS — have taken particular issue with the 2025 Club World Cup, which has been increased to…
Read more"I told them you have to be a bit more bold, a bit more in the game. Bring in the best players. The 'Messi effect' if we want to call it that way, you see Messi and Inter Miami filling…
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