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Bosman, n.2 Sport (orig. and chiefly Association Football).
Brit. |ˈbɒzmən|, U.S. |ˈbɑzmən|
[‹ the name of Jean-Marc Bosman (b. 1964), Belgian association footballer, who brought a case successfully to the European Court in 1995, which resulted in the ruling.]
In full Bosman ruling. A European Court ruling which obliges professional sports clubs to allow players over the age of 25 to move freely between European Union clubs once their contracts have expired, without the new club being required to pay a transfer fee, and which prohibits limits being set on the number of non-national EU players a club may deploy. Also: a player available on a free transfer under this ruling. on a Bosman: (available) on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling.
The ruling was made by the European Court on 20 September 1995, and ratified on 12 December 1995, under Article 48 of the Treaty of Rome.
1995Daily Tel. (Nexis) 21 Sept. 32 He predicts that either Westminster or the European parliament will step in to ensure football does not feel the full force of the Bosman ruling. 1996Ice Hockey News Rev. 28 Sept. 11/1 The IHPA also fear Superleague wishes to employ even more work permit holding imports in addition to the wave of ‘Bosman Europeans’ currently flocking here. 1998Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) (Nexis) 5 July 115 Albion have to boost their strike force before the start of the season after losing both Andy Hunt and Bob Taylor on Bosmans. 1998Independent (Electronic ed.) 28 July The obvious danger of Bosman was that smaller clubs would stop youth development rather than spend money on grooming, only for bigger clubs to cherry-pick their crop for nothing. 2000Kop Feb. 6/5 It would be fair to say that Babbel is not the only ‘Bosman’ who Liverpool are tracking. 2000Metro (London) 10 Feb. 46/4 Jordi Cruyff says that he has still not decided where he will go when his contract expires in the summer... ‘Being on a Bosman, you know there's going to be a little bit of interest from here and there and I'm no different.’ |
