The Impact of the 2010 Home Grown Rule on EPL Club Success

• Main Author: Skoll, Jake
• Format: Others
• Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2018
• Subjects: English Premier League; Foreign Player; Player Quota; Soccer; Home Grown Rule; Sports Management
• Online Access: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1930; http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2958&context=cmc_theses

Using data from the 2006 – 2013 English Premier League (EPL) seasons, this paper finds evidence that the Home Grown policy does not provide a differential effect. As a consequence of the ruling, however, EPL clubs have generally acquired more English players. While English players are detrimental to a club’s ability to achieve a top 4 finish in the pre-policy period, this paper finds that English players positively influence top clubs in the post-policy period. More specifically, a successful club in the pre-policy period is 18% more likely to achieve a top 4 finish in the post-policy period by acquiring more English players in response to the Home Grown ruling. Furthermore, these top clubs are able to maintain their pre-policy competitiveness by outspending their counterparts to acquire the most talented Englishmen. As such, this paper also finds that increasing club transfer expenditures favors EPL club success in the post-policy period.