Issue I-2014 ISSN 2039-0416 REGULATING EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Michele Colucci and Frank Hendrickx (eds.) EUROPEAN SPORTS LAW AND POLICY BULLETIN 1/2014 REGULATING EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Michele Colucci and Frank Hendrickx (eds.) SPORTS LAW AND POLICY CENTRE EDITORIAL BOARD Director and founding editor: Prof. Michele Colucci (Sports Law and Policy Centre) Scientific Board: Prof. Roger Blanpain (Leuven and Tilburg Universities) Prof. Raul Caruso (University of Milan) Prof. Frank Hendrickx (Leuven and Tilburg Universities) Prof. Richard Parrish (Edge Hill University) Prof. Rob Siekmann (Asser Institute – The Hague) Advisory Board: Efraim Barak, Roberto Branco Martins, Eduardo Carlezzo, Juan De Dios Crespo, Valerio Forti, Domenico Gullo, Karen L. Jones, Wouter Lambrecht, Paolo Lombardi, Felix Majani, Ettore Mazzilli, Stuart McInnes, Gianpaolo Monteneri, Omar Ongaro, José Juan Pintó Sala, Robert Pongracz, Rui Botica Santos, Stefano Sartori, Christian Sentinelli, Ruggero Stincardini, Blair Toner, Pieter Van den Brande, Wil Van Megen, Julien Zylberstein. Assistant to the Editorial Board: Antonella Frattini Editorial Office: Sports Law and Policy Centre Srls Via Giovanni Pascoli, 54 84014 Nocera Inferiore, Salerno, Italy Fax +39 0692912678 CF/P.IVA 05283020658 Web site: www.slpc.eu – E-mail:
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