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The Sporting Exemption In European Case Law, Marios Papaloukas
The Sporting Exemption In European Case Law, Marios Papaloukas
Marios Papaloukas
In the early nineties, when the “Bosman” case arose, sports authorities were faced with a great challenge. The widely accepted autonomy and self-regulation of the sports sector was at stake. If sports were to be treated as just another economic activity without exceptions and if its specific characteristics were not recognised, the whole athletic establishment would be endangered. Since then there were many efforts both from member states and from sports entities in order to establish the so called “sporting exemption” on a political level as well as before the European Court of Justice (henceforth ECJ). The “Olympique Lyonnais” case …
Competition Rules And Sports Broadcasting Rights In Europe, Marios Papaloukas
Competition Rules And Sports Broadcasting Rights In Europe, Marios Papaloukas
Marios Papaloukas
Sports broadcasting is among the most popular of television programmes. The viewers watching such programmes are usually the ones with the highest purchase capacity, therefore the audience is of particular interest to publicists, as it is considered a very special audience not easily attracted by other programmes. As a result, the competition on publicity transmission during these programmes as well as on acquiring TV broadcasting rights to sports events is much higher. However Sports television broadcasting is of a very individual nature in comparison with the broadcast of other events. In addition to that it is a common practice that …