USSF/FIFA ban on league games outside US back in court over antitrust

[LadyStanley]

Latest ruling on USSF, FIFA's efforts to block international league games

An appeals court overturned a decision that in 2021 dismissed the antitrust case brought by Relevant Sports against FIFA and USSF.

theathletic.com

Hmmm.

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[PCSPounder]

The title misses what the case is about. Promoter wanted to play league games from La Liga (and from Ecuador, I guess) in Miami. FIFA generally wants to protect all member countries’ leagues. USSF doesn’t want to be shown up (and, frankly, FIFA looks down on federations ignoring their mandates). Someone needs to show up with obvious exceptions, because I’m making FIFA sound way too benevolent here.