Can fans be banned from stadium for misbehaviour of a few hooligans?
Some weeks ago Borussia Dortmund (BVB) faced the closure of its so called “yellow wall” (which is how they call the south stand at Signal Iduna Park) for one match following a recent spate of crowd trouble during a Bundesliga match against RB Leipzig. This was due to a penalty imposed by the internal court […]
Magic Mountain Versus German Alpine Association (Deutscher Alpenverein)
Does the Federal Government violate European competition law in accordance with Art. 107 e. s. AEUV if it financially supports a non-profit sports club in its task of health and social policy in the context of governmental tasks? The background. A company based in Berlin, Magic Mountain, operates a commercial climbing indoor center claims that […]
Commercial providers of sports competitions come in conflict with the sport associations
More and more, sports competitions are offered by commercial entrepreneurs and not by the sports federations, such as running competitions, or privately organized tournaments of various sports. Can sports associations, subject to their autonomy and their own statutes, issue permits, demand fees or even impose sanctions? Inconsistency of law: This is the view of LG […]
German Federal Court of Justice: enforced relegation of SV Wilhelmhaven e.V. was inadmissible
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. – DFB) as well as affiliated associations must learn once again that they don’t operate in a legal vacuum. Orders, decrees and penalties require a legal basis. This is – in the case of SV Wilhemshaven – association law. The […]
Federal Court of Justice affirms the Liability of Damages of a Fan towards his Club
The German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) has clarified that troublemakers and thrower of firecrackers at stadiums are liable to the clubs being sanctioned due to their actions. By decision of 22 September 2016 the Court ruled on a permitted appeal against the judgement of the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Cologne of 17 […]
Case Law Doping
Court of arbitation for sport (CAS) – September 30, 2016 Shortening the doping barrier by providing the proof of care Art. 2.1., 10.04., 10.5.2. Tennis Anti-Doping Programs (TADP) 1. An athlete has the possibility to entrust the personal responsibility in connection with doping to a third party. 2. The fault of a doping offense initiated […]