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Message: [QUOTE="Mustafur, post: 3467961, member: 10189"] That is what I mean, a Restriction of trade is this: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosman_ruling[/URL] Key point: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marc_Bosman']Jean-Marc Bosman[/URL] was a player for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.F.C._de_Li%C3%A8ge']RFC Liège[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_First_Division']Belgian First Division[/URL] whose contract had expired in 1990. He wanted to change teams and move to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USL_Dunkerque']Dunkerque[/URL], a French club. However, Dunkerque refused to meet his Belgian club's transfer fee demand, so Liège refused to release Bosman. In the meantime, Bosman's wages were reduced by 70% as he was no longer a first-team player. He took his case to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Justice']European Court of Justice[/URL] in Luxembourg and sued for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restraint_of_trade']restraint of trade[/URL], citing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA']FIFA[/URL]'s rules regarding football, specifically Article 17. That is a real restriction of trade because he wasn't signed up to what RFC liege did to him. [/QUOTE]

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