Sports Law Articles

Abusive sports governing bodies ~ Hendry & Williams: Opinion
24 September 2002
Author(s): Paul Harris

The WPBSA is professional snooker's world governing body.  Virtually all professional players are members. It also organises/promotes most important tour events and sells the commercial rights. In this case a rival Tour sought ...

Salary Caps
1 March 2002
Author(s): Paul Harris

In the sporting world, a salary cap is a global limitation on the amount permitted to be paid to the playing staff of a team, over a given time period.  Salary caps are already well established in many sports at home and abroad. ...

Transfrontier Broadcasting of World Cup Qualifying Games
11 February 2002
Author(s): Paul Harris

With extraordinary speed, the House of Lords has recently given judgment in the case of TVDanmark, which concerned the broadcasting of the 5 'away' 2002 World Cup qualification matches ("the matches") of the Danish national ...

The benefits of the team salary cap in English Rugby League
28 March 2000
Author(s): Paul Harris

In the sporting world, a salary cap is a global limitation on the amount permitted to be paid to the playing staff of a team, over a given time period.  In the last edition of this Journal I wrote an article about the practical ...

What position do team salary caps play in the game of competitive balance?
30 October 1999
Author(s): Paul Harris

In the sporting world, a salary cap is a global limitation on the amount permitted to be paid to the playing staff of a team, over a given time period.  Salary caps are already well established (in both sporting and legal ...