O REI Sport Law Publications
A working archive of student writing in international sports law.
Selected student articles and master's theses produced inside O REI. A working record of how the next generation of sports lawyers is thinking about the legal questions shaping the industry.
Selected LLM theses from each edition of the programme.
Master's Theses
3 entries · #football governance
2025-2026 edition
3 entries
Master's thesesPDF
2026State Ownership, Concentrated Control and Competitive Integrity in Saudi Football: A Legal Analysis of Public Investment, Club Autonomy and De Facto Multi-Club Ownership in the Saudi Pro League.
#Saudi Pro League#multi-club ownership#state ownership#PIF
Hassan Youssef
LLM 2025-2026 O REI Sports Law Graduate
12 June 2026
Master's thesesPDF
2026Temporary Rule, Structural Impact: Rethinking FIFA Normalisation Committees
#FIFA governance#normalisation committees#member associations#football governance
Julius van der Steen
LLM 2025-2026 O REI Sports Law Graduate
12 June 2026
Master's thesesPDF
2026The Principle of Sporting Succession: From a Judicially Created Concept to a Codified Tool Against Football Clubs’ Avoidance of Mandatory Financial Responsibilities’’
#sporting succession#FIFA regulations#CAS jurisprudence#football club debts
Krisstian Terziev
LLM 2025-2026 O REI Sports Law Graduate
12 June 2026
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