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The use of a single-entity closed league model in South African soccer
Mini Dissertation (LLM (Private Law))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/100735 The use of a single-entity closed league model in South African soccer Cloete, Rian kagiso.zwane@tuks.co.za Zwane, Kagiso UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Single-entity Sports law Premier Soccer League (PSL) Football Organisational models Mini Dissertation (LLM (Private Law))--University of Pretoria, 2024. South African club football is in a state of sporting and financial instability and inequality. This state of disarray is to such an extent that the integrity of the football pyramid has been breached with clubs selling their statuses in the South African top flight, the Premier Soccer League (PSL), on the open market thus subverting the requirement of sporting merit as a determinant for promotion and relegation. This mini-dissertation seeks to explore the possibility of an alternative organisational model where rather than continuing with the pretense of a pyramid an entirely new model is implemented for top-flight clubs. This model would be a publicly owned and traded single-entity closed league model. A single-entity closed league as used by the Major League Soccer (MLS) league in the United States of America is a model where the respective clubs in the league are centrally owned by the league itself and investors invest in the league rather than investing in individual clubs. This model would necessitate forgoing the relegation and promotion system which is utilised in open leagues. A single-entity closed league allows for greater control on spending and the institution of cost-control measures such as salary caps, which can be paired with salary floors, as well as greater standardisation of infrastructure throughout the league and the strategic placement of teams in cities and metros to ensure greater commercial exploitation of the largest catchment areas. How the model complies with South African competition law will also be examined with the single economic entity doctrine being applied to the league as a means of addressing the potential allegation of the formation of this new league amounting to the formation of a cartel. Private Law LLM (Private Law) Unrestricted Faculty of Laws SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure 2025-02-11T19:30:23Z 2025-02-11T19:30:23Z 2025-05 2024 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/100735 Disclaimer Letter en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Single-entity Sports law Premier Soccer League (PSL) Football Organisational models The use of a single-entity closed league model in South African soccer |
| title | The use of a single-entity closed league model in South African soccer |
| title_full | The use of a single-entity closed league model in South African soccer |
| title_fullStr | The use of a single-entity closed league model in South African soccer |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of a single-entity closed league model in South African soccer |
| title_short | The use of a single-entity closed league model in South African soccer |
| title_sort | use of a single entity closed league model in south african soccer |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Single-entity Sports law Premier Soccer League (PSL) Football Organisational models |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/100735 |