Baseball's Bosman?

The German Baseball Federation (DBV) has grudgingly ruled (translation) that its system of limiting the number of overseas players on each German team cannot be enforced. All EU citizens must now be treated similarly to German citizens on Budesliga baseball diamonds. The decision is based on the same interpretation of EU labour law that is known in European football as the "Bosman Ruling". The issue arose after the Cologne Dodgers abandoned the Bundesliga's voluntary limitation on foreign players and included Dutch players Kevin Faries, Rodney Michel and Fernando Jose Sanchez in their lineup. The federation fears that an influx of foreign top-level players will carry with it "massive dangers" both for the development of young German players, as well as the continued financial viability of baseball in Germany.