The traditional approach to sports governing bodies has been to view them as autonomous and private associations and thus immune from the intervention of the law. This view does not reflect the reality. Sport is an industry which accounts for around three percent of the European Union's (EU) Gross Domestic Product (GDP). A number of recent scandals at international level including, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and corruption and extortion in the wake of widespread doping of Russian athletes and the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)...
The traditional approach to sports governing bodies has been to view them as autonomous and private associations and thus immune from the interventio...