The Renewal of the RSTP through Social Dialogue: A New Collective Bargaining Agreement in the World of Professional Football

This article explores how the European Social Dialogue could provide a legally grounded path to modernise FIFA’s Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) through a future collective bargaining agreement, strengthening legitimacy, enforceability and alignment with EU Law while rebalancing football governance away from purely top-down regulation. By Mariona Arisa Ventura, ITTI Master in Football Law student (Class of 2025) and Paralegal at Mills & Reeve.

Introduction

Once thought of as a self-regulating domain, professional football has changed dramatically.

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