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Thirty Years Since the Bosman Decision

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What did he leave behind for football and for the man who changed everything?
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Thirty years after the judgment in the Bosman case has freed the players who ended the contract and have considered that Community players cannot be considered foreign by opening the door of millions of links to thousands of players, the Belgian player lives with a social pension awarded by the Federation of Player Unions. Now, it is the Dayra case that can help change a little more professional football, but will there come a new revolution?

What did he leave behind for football and for the man who changed everything?

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The ruling named after former Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman, the most revolutionary ever handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in sports matters, celebrates this Monday its 30th anniversary with the still alive mark of the seams that broke in the structures of the European sport.When in 1990 the modest player, who was at the time 25 years old, decided to take the step of going to the courts of his country to deno…

Thirty years ago, the European Court of Justice spoke the so-called "Bosman ruling", the decision radically changed the football business. But who was the revolutionary Jean-Marc Bosman? And who was his predecessor George Eastham?

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Jean-Marc Bosman changed football on December 15, 1995. What began as a seemingly small case, starring a Belgian player whom few could recognize on the streets of Europe, ended up redefining the freedom of footballers, the structure of clubs and the economy of a multimillion-dollar industry. Today, three decades have passed since the adoption of the Bosman law, a milestone that continues to mark the lives of players and clubs.

On 15 December 1995, 30 years ago, the Bosman judgment changed the European football market forever. The judgment of the European Court of Justice allowed players the right to move freely between clubs in different countries of the European Union.

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