Our charity partner, Milestone, has recently launched its podcast series, Team Talk, where Milestone founder, Chris Paget and clinical psychologist and Milestone trustee, Dr Ilan Ben-Zion talk to inspirational people about their stories.

The key difference between the league structures is that relegation and promotion does not occur in the IPL franchise model. This means that the same eight teams compete in the IPL year after year. This contrasts with the EPL where three teams are relegated each season and three new teams are promoted from the Championship to take their place. Another significant difference is that in the IPL there is no qualification for international competitions; whereas the top EPL teams can qualify for the lucrative UEFA Champions League and Europa League competitions. 

Daniel Geey was interviewed live by Sky Sports News about Manchester City’s successful appeal and the issues surrounding the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision.

Everyone is talking about the digital disruption of sport. Sports stakeholders are on a journey of digital migration. The industry is in the midst of a digital revolution.

The Sheridans Sports Group, led by Jonny Madill, Andrew Nixon and Alex Harvey, were delighted to have been asked by Sport England to prepare its guidance for sporting bodies, clubs and the wider sports and recreation sector on “Return to Play” following Covid-19.

We sat down virtually with Jonny over the weekend to talk about how sport is adapting in the current crisis.

In this short piece, Andrew Nixon and Alex Harvey of Sheridans Sports Group, and David Reade QC and Nick Siddall QC of the Littleton Sports Group consider some of the potential claims which may arise from league seasons being cancelled, with a particular focus on the Premier League. The authors also look at how any losses may be assessed.

One thing that is for certain is that esports, as an industry, is uniquely placed to continue to successfully scale and operate through the disruption caused by COVID-19…

Jonny Madill of Sheridans Sport joined Trev Keane of Ireland Esports and Sportego and Enda Lynch from Munster Rugby for the discussion around Esports in 2020.

Sheridans Sport are proud to support Milestone, a mental health charity that has been set up by our very own Chris Paget.

Much has already been written and said about the impact of COVID-19 on sport and entertainment, and we would recommend reading these articles by Jonny Madill and Alex Harvey, as well as listening to these podcasts also featuring Jonny and Alex alongside Daniel Geey.

Jonny Madill is a lawyer from Northern Ireland who has made his career in the world of Sports Law in London. Sport for Business sat down virtually with Jonny over the weekend to talk about how sport is adapting in the current crisis.

As things currently stand, players whose contracts expire on 30th June will become free agents on 1st July. Their contractual relationship with the club will end, meaning that the club will no longer pay them a salary and they will be under no obligation to attend training or play matches.

As we have done with previous Swiss Ramble threads, we thought it would be helpful to set out some of the key highlights from the analysis, along with some comments of our own.

Much has been written about the devastating impact which the coronavirus is set to have on the sports and wider entertainment industry…

So what has happened?

It was announced earlier this year that the Football Association (the FA) was changing its rules on non-EEA (European Economic Area) players playing in the UK…

Daniel Geey recently teamed up with 21st Club for a four-part series to discuss the big-picture topics in football.

As a momentous summer of English cricket draws to a close, Alex Harvey has put together a short piece on the various revenue streams available to our national players.