Regulating, Controlling and Using New Financial Inflows: The Introduction of a Modern Licensing Scheme in Swiss Professional Football (1992–2010)

On the fringes of Big Five, Swiss football is an emblematic case to be analysed in order understand dynamics professionalisation elite football, between rising performance national team and slow relegation clubs. Given that a club’s depends on its players therefore financial capacity recruit maintain professional workforce, this analysis focuses implementation by institution for (Ligue Nationale from 2003 Football League) mechanisms indicators monitor clubs pursue economic activity guarantees their sustainability: process called licensing Switzerland. The aim thus show how relationship league played out interaction both conflicting complementary, purpose maintaining developing structures.