LLP 307 Effects of Brexit on UK Sports Industry
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Running head: EFFECT OF BREXIT ON UK SPORTS INDUSTRYEffects of Brexit on UK Sports IndustryName of the Student:Name of the University:Author’s Note:
1EFFECTS OF BREXIT ON UK SPORTS INDUSTRYIntroductionOn June 23, 2016, in a referendum, 51.9 % votes were obtained from the UnitedKingdom electorate with a favor to leave the European Union. According to the Treaty ofEuropean Union, a member state has the right to withdraw from the European Union. The Article50 of the Treaty of European Union was invoked by the government of Britain on March 29,2017. The United Kingdom has to leave the European Union on March 29, 2019(Green et al.2016).The Brexit will have serious impacts on the politics of the country, financial market,economy of Britain. Sports will be no exception to the impact of Brexit. The sports of England aswell as sports played in the European Union will be impacted by Brexit. Sports like football,Polo, cricket and rugby will have to face serious consequences after Brexit. The English PremierLeague will be affected severely as the cosmopolitan nature of the league and the domestic andglobal appeal will be affected if foreign players are restricted to play in the league. The effectsthat Brexit will have on the sports industry of the United Kingdom are discussed below (Dorling2016).DiscussionSo far, Sportsmen and women from the European Union (EU) did not require a workpermit to practice sports in the United Kingdom unlike the case of non-European citizensbecause of the principle of freedom of movement. This principle of freedom of movement hasbeen of paramount importance for the English football. The criteria for players from non-European countries to get work permit in the United Kingdom are stringent. Non- Europeanplayers must play in high percentage of matches for their national team before they can find awork permit to play in the United Kingdom. Martial, Morgan Schneiderlin, N’Golo Kanté and
2EFFECTS OF BREXIT ON UK SPORTS INDUSTRYYohan Cabaye are some of the players who have not played more than 45 % of matches inFrance since June 2014 and thus would not be able to obtain work permit in the United Kingdom(Girginov 2017). Without the principle of freedom of movement, more than 100 Premier League playerswould have failed to gain the work permit of the United Kingdom. When players like DimitriPayet, N’Golo Kante , Anthony Martial, Dimitri Payet joined the Premier League, they were notplayers of international repute, but the principle of freedom of movement enabled them toreceive work permit and play for the Premier League, same is the case with footballers fromSouth America like Diego Costa and Philippe Coutinho who gained citizenship of Europe beforestarting to play in England and thus bypassed the stringent process to obtain work permit. Theexecutive chairman of the Premier League in association with the 20 clubs of the PremierLeague, Richard Scudamore expressed their favor of Remain because the competitiveness of thePremier League will be compromised to a great extent unless Britain remains within theEuropean Union (EU) (Campos 2016).The eminent members of different sporting bodies were intimidated by the Brexitreferendum and feared that the votes obtained in favor of Britain to leave the European Union,will change the entire landscape of sports in Britain. A lot of potential changes would requireimplementation. The eminent personalities of sports feared that Brexit will snatch the freedom ofthe European nationals to practice sports in the United Kingdom. The decision makers of thesporting bodies will have to make the tough decision if they will develop new rules for Europeannationals after Brexit or the European nationals will fit into the rules before Brexit (Lennox andShepherd 2017). The eminent members of the Premier League anticipated that Brexit would havethe drawback of not including rising talented players in the Premier League, because only
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