This article briefly summarizes the most relevant aspects of the brand-new Spanish Sports Act, which entered into force on 30 December 2022. By touching on and analyzing how this law impacts football stakeholders in Spain, the authors aim to provide clarity to readers. A longer and more detailed version of this article will be published in Football Legal #18.
Introduction
On 22 December 2022, the Spanish Congress of Deputies plenary session approved Law 39/2022,of 30 December 2022, on Sport or "the new Sports Law", thus replacing the previous Law 10/1990 of 15 October 1990. In the words of the Preamble of this new law: "The Spanish sports model has been subject to a constant evolution as a result of the continuous and dizzying changes affecting this social phenomenon, which every day extends the practice of sports to a greater number of citizens, and reaches a projection in society that was hardly foreseen a few decades ago." Thus, this legislative renovation seemed necessary for a clear...
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