Is the Superleague Dead? Not Yet

The Author offers a first critical analysis of the so-called Super League case. Starting from the sports rules at stakes and the Opinion of the Advocate General, he goes through the reasoning of the Court of Justice underlining the approach taken by the Court with regard to both the competition law and free movement issues at stake. He concludes that the ruling seems definitely more in line with the settled case law of the Court of justice in relation to both the initial premises and the merits of the case than the Opinion of the Advocate General. Furthermore, the fundamental role that the referring court will still have to play in the pending proceedings should not be underestimated.