Professor Richard Parrish

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) Government and Public Policy, University of Northumbria, 1993
• MA European Integration and Co-operation, University of Hull, 1994
• PhD - 'The Path to a European Sports Policy', University of Manchester, 2001

Teaching

• LAW 3214 International Sports Law
• LAW 3213 Dissertation
• LAW 3203 Employment Law
• PhD Director of Studies

Research

• European Union Sports Law and Policy

Publications

Research Reports

• Parrish, R., & Miettinen, S. (2011), co-authors with TMC Asser Institute and University of Leiden, Study on the Equal Treatment of Non-nationals in Individual Sports Competitions, report for the European Commission, pp.246.
• Parrish, R & Miettinen, S. (2010), co-authors with TMC Asser Institute and Loughborough University, The Lisbon Treaty and European Union Sports Policy, report for the European Parliament, pp.73.
• Parrish, R., et al (2010), Group of Independent European Sport Experts Report on EU Priorities in the Field of Sport, Report for Commissioner Vassiliou, 2010, pp.8.
• Parrish, R. (2009), co-author with TMC Asser Institute, Study into the Identification of Themes and Issues to be Dealt with in a Social Dialogue in the European Professional Cycling Sector, report for the European Commission, pp.168.
• Parrish, R. (2008), co-author with TMC Asser Institute, Study into the Identification of Themes and Issues to be Dealt with in a Social Dialogue in the European Professional Football Sector, report for the European Commission, pp.237.
• Parrish, R. (2005), co-author with TMC Asser Institute and Sport2B consultants, Professional Sport in the Internal Market, report for European Parliament pp.92.

Books:

• Parrish, R., Gardiner, S. & Siekmann, R. (eds) (2009), EU Sport, Law and Policy: Regulation, Re-regulation and Representation, Den Haag: TMC Asser Press, pp.619.
• Parrish, R. & Miettinen, S. (2008), The Sporting Exception in European Union Law, International Sports Law Series, Den Haag: TMC Asser Press, pp.295.
• Parrish, R., Siekmann, R., Branco-Martins R. & Soek, J. (eds) (2007), Players’ Agents Worldwide: Legal Aspects, Den Haag: TMC Asser Press, pp.872.
• Parrish, R. (2003), Sports Law and Policy in the European Union, European Policy Research Unit Series, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp.271.

Book Chapters:

• Parrish, R. & Branco Martins, R., (2011), ‘Regulating Players’ Agents’, in Nafziger & Ross, Research Handbook on International Sports Law, Edward Elgar, pp. 545-557.
• Parrish, R. (2011), ‘Europe: The Transformation of Football’, in Garcia, B., Grant, W. & Niemann, A., (eds), The Transformation of Football, Manchester University Press, pp. 23-39.
• Parrish, R., & Miettinen, S. (2009), Sports Broadcasting in Community Law, in Blackshaw et al, TV Rights and Sport, Legal Aspects, Den Haag: TMC Asser Press.
• Parrish, R. (2008), Developments in European Union Sports Regulation, in Parrish, R., Gardiner, S., & Siekmann, R., Professional Sport in the European Union: Regulation, Re-regulation and Representation, Den Haag: TMC Asser Press.
• Parrish, R. (2007), Regulating Players’ Agents: A Global Perspective, in Parrish, R., Siekmann, R., Branco-Martins R. & Soek, J, (eds), Players’ Agents Worldwide: Legal Aspects, Den Haag: TMC Asser Press.
• Parrish, R. & McArdle, D. (2006), Beyond Bosman: The European Union's Influence upon Professional Athletes' Freedom of Movement, in McArdle & Giulianotti, Sport, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, London: Routledge.
• Parrish, R. (2000), Reconciling Conflicting Approaches to Sport in the European Union, in Caiger, A. & Gardiner, S. Professional Sport in the European Union: Regulation and Re-regulation, Den Haag: T.M.C. Asser Press.

Journal Articles:

• Parrish, R. (2011), Social Dialogue in European Professional Football, European Law Journal, 17(2) March 2011, pp. 213-229.
• Parrish, R. (2011), ‘Discussion on the Application of European Union Competition Law to the Procedures for the Assignment of Category I, Category II and International Competitions in the Netherlands – KNHS’, International Sports Law Journal, Issue 3/4 2011.
• Parrish, R. (2011), ‘Contract Stability: The Case Law of the Court of Arbitration for Sport’, Sports Law and Policy Bulletin, pp. 69-94.
• Parrish, R. (2008), Access to Major Sporting Events on Television under European Law, Journal of Consumer Policy , Issue 1, March, pp.79-98.
• Parrish, R. & Miettinen, S. (2007), ‘Indirect Nationality Discrimination in Community Law: An Assessment of UEFA Regulations Governing Player Eligibility for European Club Competitions (The Home-Grown Player Rule).’ Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 5(2), pp.13.
• Parrish, R. (2007), Regulating Players’ Agents: A Global Perspective, International Sports Law Journal, 2007/1-2, pp.38-43.
• Parrish, R. (2005), Death of the Constitutional Treaty – Implications for Sport, Sport and the Law Journal, Vol.13, Issue 2, pp.20-24.
• Parrish, R. & McArdle, D. (2004), Beyond Bosman: The European Union's Influence upon Professional Athletes' Freedom of Movement, Sport in Society, Vol. 7, No.3. Autumn pp.403-418.
• Parrish, R. (2003), The EU’s Draft Constitutional Treaty and the Future of EU Sports Policy, The International Sports Law Journal, 2003/3 pp.2-4.
• Parrish, R. (2003), The Birth of European Union Sports Law, Entertainment Law, Vol. 2, No.2, Summer 2003, pp. 20-39.
• Parrish, R. (2003), The Politics of Sports Regulation in the European Union, Journal of European Public Policy, 10:2 April 2003, pp.246-262.
• Parrish, R. (2003), Judicial Intervention and Sporting Autonomy. Defining the Territories of European Union Involvement in Sport, European Sport Management Quarterly. Special Issue: The Governance of Sports in Europe, 04/02, pp.296-307.
• Parrish, R. (2002), Football’s Place in the Single European Market, Journal of Soccer and Society, Issue 3.1, 2002, pp. 1-21.
• Parrish, R. (2001), Sports Regulation in the European Union: A New Approach, Managing Leisure An International Journal, 6, pp.187-200.

Conference Papers:

• Parrish, R. (2011) ‘Sport and European Competition Law’, Hungarian Olympic Committee Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 29-30 Sept.
• Parrish, R. (2011), ‘The Lisbon Treaty and EU Sports Policy’, Seminar on Sports Law in the European Union, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, 22 March.
• Parrish, R. (2011), Social and Structured Dialogue as a Tool for Better Governance in Sport, EUSA Biennial Conference, Boston, USA 3-5March.
• Parrish, R. (2010), The Specificity of Sport in EU Law, FIFPro Colloquium, Paris, 22-23 Oct.
• Parrish, R. (2010), The Lisbon Treaty and EU Sports Policy, Central Council for Physical Recreation EU Summit, Oval Cricket Ground, London, 21 Oct.
• Parrish, R. (2010), The Lisbon Treaty and EU Sports Policy: Legal Assessment, IXth Asser-Clingendael Sports Lecture, the Hague, 6 Oct.
• Parrish, R. (2010), The Lisbon Treaty and EU Sports Policy’, European Parliament Committee on Culture, 28 Sept.
• Parrish, R. (2010), European Commission Technical Assistance Information Exchange Unit (TAIEX) invited expert: lecture delivered on The Impact of the Acquis on Sport, Ankara, Turkey, 17 February.
• Parrish, R. (2009), Anti-Doping Legal Issues, ESRC Anti-Doping and Governance seminar, Leeds Metropolitan University, 25 November.
• Parrish, R. (2009), Collective Bargaining in European Professional Football, FIFPro Lawyers Network, Hoofddorp, Netherlands, 17 June.
• Parrish, R. (2009), European Commission Technical Assistance Information Exchange Unit (TAIEX) invited expert: lecture delivered on Prospects of Development Through Co-operation, Minsk, Belarus, 15 June.
• Parrish, R. (2009), Edward Grayson, Sport and EU Annual Conference, University of Stirling, June.
• Parrish, R. (2009) Advocacy Coalitions in European Sports Policy, Political Studies Annual Conference, Manchester, Political Studies Association, April.
• Parrish, R. & Pendlebury, A. (2009), Limits on the Exercise of Private Powers- Why is Leveraging Private Commercial Power Prohibited as an Abuse Under EC Law?, European Union Studies Association Conference, Los Angeles.
• Parrish, R. (2008), Developments in EC Law, World Sports Law Report Conference: Players’ Contracts, London, July.
• Parrish, R. (2008), European Commission Technical Assistance Information Exchange Unit (TAIEX) invited expert: lecture delivered on The Regulatory Impact of the Community Legislation on Sport for the Benefit of the Albanian Government’, Tirana, Albania, April 2008.
• Parrish, R. (2008), The EU and Public Order, Euro 2008 and the National Swiss Security Strategy Conference, University of Lucerne, May.
• Parrish, R. & Miettinen, S. (2008), Inherent Rules in EC Sports Law, Conference on Law and Popular Culture, International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Onati, Spain, May.
• Parrish, R. (2007), European Commission Technical Assistance Information Exchange Unit (TAIEX) invited expert: lecture delivered on EU Acquis Relevant to Sport, Ukrainian Football Federation, Kiev, Ukraine, Nov.
• Parrish, R. & Miettinen, S. (2007), Nationality Discrimination in Community Law: An Assessment of UEFA Regulations Governing Player Eligibility for European Club Competitions (The Home-Grown Player Rule), Society of Legal Scholars Conference, University of Durham, September.
• Parrish, R. (2007), Recent Developments in EU Sport, Portuguese Olympic Committee, September.
• Parrish, R. & Miettinen, S. (2007), The EU’s Internal Market Legislative Programme and Sport, European Union Studies Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, 17-19 May.
• Parrish, R. (2007), Access to Major Sporting Events on Television under European Law, Workshop on ‘The Consumer, the European Union and Media Law’, University of Exeter, 19 March.
• Parrish, R. (2006), European Influences on Professional Sports Administration in the Netherlands, on the occasion of the ABM AMRO World Tennis Championships, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Feb 20.
• Parrish, R. & Branco Martins, R. (2006), Social Dialogue in the European Professional Football Sector, Socio-Legal Studies Annual Conference, University of Stirling, 28-30 March.
• Parrish, R., Bloxham, S., Cerevkova, A. (2005), Embedding Personal Development Planning Within a WebCT Supported Law Curriculum, Learning in Law Initiative Annual Conference, University of Warwick, 5 January.
• Parrish, R. (2005), Home Grown Players – Home Grown Trouble: Nationality Restrictions in Sport, The European Union: Past and Future Enlargements, 35th UACES Annual Conference and 10th Research Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 5-7 September,
• Parrish, R. and Martins, R. B. (2004), UEFA and the EU: From Conflict to Co-operation?, European Football: Influence Change and Development Conference, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 2 September.
• Parrish, R. (2004), The European Union and Sport, International Conference on the EU and Sport, Geel, Belgium, 28 May.
• Parrish, R. (2004), EU, Sport and Law, 11th Conference of the Polish Sports Law Association, Warsaw, Poland, 2 April.
• Parrish, R. (2004), A European Anti-Trust Law Exemption For Sport? The Impact of the Draft Constitutional Treaty, Sport and Recreation Law Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 4-6 March.
• Parrish, R. (2004), Consultant for the European Commission (Employment and Social Affairs DG) project: Promoting the Social Dialogue in the European Professional Football Sector, European Commission budget heading B3-4000 (Jan-May 2004). Papers delivered in Ireland (16/01/04), Denmark (18/05/04), Portugal (24/05/04) and Sweden (26/05/04).
• Parrish, R. (2004), Consultant for the European Commission (Employment and Social Affairs DG) project: Promoting the Social Dialogue in the European Professional Football Sector (Candidate EU Member States), European Commission budget heading B3-4000 (Feb-June 2004). Papers delivered in Lithuania (05/02/04), Slovenia (6/03/04), Poland (02/04/04), Czech Rep (22/04/04) and Romania (23/06/04).
• Parrish, R. (2003), Competition Law and Sports Policy: The Case of Broadcasting, British Association for Sport and Law Conference on the Broadcasting of Sporting Events, International Suite, Manchester United Football Club, Old Trafford, 9 December.
• Parrish, R. (2003), Sport and the EU Treaty, University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) 33rd Annual Conference, Newcastle United Football Club, St James Park. Newcastle upon Tyne, 2-4 September.
• Parrish, R. (2003), Why Sport has no Place in the EU Constitution, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham, 14-16 April.
• Parrish, R. (2003), Sports Law and Policy in the European Union, Eighth Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Nashville, USA, 27-30 March.
• Parrish, R. (2000), The Impact of Soft Law on European Union Sports Law and Policy, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Department of Law, Queens University, Belfast, NI, April.