Premiership Rugby's response to COVID-19: a competition law analysis
Entertainment and Sports Law Journal
; 20(1029):1-9, 2022.
Article
in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2040501
ABSTRACT
Professional sport has undoubtedly been hit hard by COVID-19. Clubs and governing bodies have had to adapt rapidly to the public health emergency and have come under great financial and regulatory strain. Some sports have weathered the storm better than others, though, and professional rugby union experienced significant off-field turbulence, with wages reductions seen across the English Premiership. This article will examine the conduct of Premiership Rugby and its clubs during the COVID-19 crisis from a competition law perspective and will argue that, by acting in concert, Premiership and the clubs may have breached UK competition law.
Sport and Recreational Activities [UU625]; Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics [EE119]; Laws and Regulations [DD500]; Labour and Employment [EE900]; Agencies and Organizations [DD100]; coronavirus disease 2019; ball games; clubs; governance; government; health; law; public health; rugby; sport; wages; athletes; basketball; crises; football; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; UK; British Isles; Western Europe; Europe; Commonwealth of Nations; high income countries; OECD Countries; very high Human Development Index countries; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; competition; Britain; United Kingdom; SARS-CoV-2; societies; legal aspects; legal principles
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Entertainment and Sports Law Journal
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