American Needle will have to prove that the teams colluded in an illegal restraint of trade (not all restraints on trade are actually illegal).

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Point (i) also has been extended, to Mr Aigner's woe: it inspired the European Commission to denounce all transfer fees, be the player in contract or out, as restraints on movement.

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