FIFA and European Union are set to collide

May 31, 2008 

FIFA, the world's governing body for football (soccer), and the European Union are set to collide over the controversial 6+5 Rule. 
The problem is that FIFA wants to limit the number of foreign players in the starting 11 to a maximum 5 players per side while the European Union allows free movement of workers making FIFA's 6+5 Rule illegal within the European Union. 
Despite the legal issue about the 6+5 Rule within the European Union, FIFA President Sepp Blatter presented the 6+5 Rule to FIFA Congress where the member national associations of FIFA would vote on examining the issue further.
FIFA and European Union are set to collide May 31 , 2008 FIFA , the world 's governing body for football ( soccer ) , and the European Union are set to collide over the controversial 6 + 5 Rule . The problem is that FIFA wants to limit the number of foreign players in the starting 11 to a maximum 5 players per side while the European Union allows free movement of workers making FIFA 's 6 + 5 Rule illegal within the European Union . Despite the legal issue about the 6 + 5 Rule within the European Union , FIFA President Sepp Blatter presented the 6 + 5 Rule to FIFA Congress where the member national associations of FIFA would vote on examining the issue further .
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