Contents:Introduction to the Law of Professional Football Clubs 1Robby HoubenPART I THE ORGANISATION OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL1 The football industry 7Tom Bason and Benoit Senaux2 Organisation of European professional football: A stakeholder theory analysis 29Richard Parrish3 The European football competition model (under stress) 48Katarina Pijetlovic4 Scoring across the pond--a comparison of football governance models 72William W. Berry III and William N. MorrisPART II LICENSING AND FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY5 Professional football club licensing in Europe 90Wino van Veen6 Owning a football club 116Sinisa Petrovic7 Financial fair play and financial monitoring in Europe 135Christopher Flanagan8 Managing more than a football club 161Hallgeir GammelsæterPART III FINANCING PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL CLUBS9 The football club as media supplier: Media rights 176Steve Cornelius10 Commercial contracts: Sponsoring and ticketing 194Shaun Star and Joost Vynckier11 The football stadium 218Andrea Cattaneo12 The listed football club 237Michiel De Muynck and Lennert PoelmansPART IV PLAYERS13 The status and role of players in the football industry 259Michele Colucci and Roy Vermeer14 Player transfers 275F.M. (Frans) de Weger and D.J. (Dannick) Luckson15 Football agents 305Stephen Weatherill16 Taxation of professional football players and football clubs 326Anne Van de Vijver and Karolina TetlakPART V COMPLIANCE, CSR AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION17 Compliance and money laundering in professional football: An evolving field 349Niels Appermont and William Bull18 Social responsibility, stakeholders and professional football clubs: From'window-dressing' to civic wealth creation 370Annette Greenhow19 Dispute resolution in professional football 394Jacopo Tognon and Priscilla BortolinPART VI CONCLUDING REMARKSConcluding remarks 408Robby HoubenIndex.