Sport and the European Union,
10 years after Bosman:
situation and perspectives
Programme
Friday 30 June 2006
14.00-14.30: Registration: Room A.2.04, Schofield Building
14.30-15.15: Opening
15.15-15.30: Coffee Break
15.30-17.00: Session 1, chaired by Professor David Allen (Loughborough University)
- Professor Wyn Grant (Warwick University)
Two Tiers of Representation and Policy: The EU and the future of Football
Discussant: Dr Richard Parrish (Edge Hill University)
- Dr Valerie Owen-Pugh (University of Leicester)
Exploring the Development Opportunities Open to British Basketball Players in the post-Bosman Era:
A Figurational Analysis of the Psychological Contract between Professional Coaches and Players
Discussant: Andrew Smith (University of Chester)
17.00-17.15: Coffee Break
17.15-18.45 Session 2 chaired by An Vermeersch (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Istvan Erdos (Eotvos Lorand University of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)
Sport and Intellectual Property in the New Millenium
Discussant: Dr Mark James (Salford University)
- Bastian Kern (Morgan Stanley/University of Mainz, Germany)
The New Transnational Regime against doping:
WADA’s approach and its challenges for national and EU legislation
Discussant: An Vermeersch (Ghent University, Belgium)
20.30: Workshop Dinner
Thai Grand Restaurant, 18 The Rushes, Loughborough LE11 5BE
20.00: World Cup Live from Hamburg, Quarter Final,
(might be featuring Italy, France or Spain)
Saturday 1 July 2006
9.45-11.00: Session 3 chaired by David Ranc (University of Cambridge: Trinity Hall)
- Jean Christian Drolet (University of Hamburg, Germany)
Extra Time. Are the new FIFA transfer Rules doomed?
Discussant: Dr Mark James (Salford University)
- Chris Platts (University of Chester)
The Bosman Ruling and its unintended consequences
for English professional football clubs:
A figurational sociological analysis
Discussant: David Ranc (University of Cambridge: Trinity Hall)
11.00-11.15: Coffee break
11.15-12.40: Session 4 chaired by Borja García (Loughborough University)
- Charlotte Van Tuyckom (Ghent University, Belgium)
Sport as a vehicle for a postnational identity?
Attitudes of EU-citizens towards an increased EU-role in the field of sport
Discussant: Professor David Allen (Loughborough University)
- Dr Arne Niemann and Alexander Brand (University of Dresden, Germany)
Europeanisation in the societal/trans-national realm:
What European integration Studies can get out of analysing football
Discussant: Dr David Hindley (Nottingham Trent University)
12.40-13.20: Conclusions: Professor Wyn Grant (Warwick University)
13.20: lunch
The workshop is organised by
With the support of