This article analyses how football organizations decided to tackle the misbehavior of football supporters by implementing a mechanism of strict liability that has a direct impact on clubs and national associations in cases of misconduct of their supporters (“the strict liability system”).
Introduction. Approach to the Concept of Strict Liability of Football Clubs for their Supporters’ Misconduct
In general terms, the responsibility attributable to someone who is non-compliant or an offender is based on fault. The field of international sports law is no exception to this general rule and thus, in different disciplinary regulations of international sports entities, such as FIFA’s or UEFA’s, one can find provisions referring to the negligence or fault in the conduct of the offender.
Nevertheless, there are exceptions to this general rule where the fault of the offenders will not be necessary to establish the responsibility for the wrongdoing. In those cases, the so called “strict...
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