A club’s benefit from solidarity depends on its size – the smaller the club, the more important the payments. Two years ago, I used Sweden’s IF Bromma, then a second-tier side, to illustrate the point. Consistently, Bromma made about €40-45k in solidarity each season (two windows). In the 2021-2022 season (I am using fall-spring, even …
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Foreign Clubs Turn MLS Money into Real Money
Earlier this year, FIFA’s Dispute Resolution Chamber decided two cases that may complicate MLS’ life. In each case, a DRC panel ruled the league must pay solidarity when one MLS team transfers a player to another MLS team for general allocation money (“GAM”) – a currency that only exists within the league. This could force …
Continue reading “Foreign Clubs Turn MLS Money into Real Money”
Terry Brennan Law 