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How are professional football TV rights marketed and redistributed in France?
Audiovisual rights for professional football competitions are allocated by the Professional Football League (LFP) which centralizes their marketing on behalf of professional football clubs. What are the legal foundations of this centralized system?
Football and provision of players for national selections in the French team
The coach of the Bleuets struggles to obtain the agreement of professional football clubs to release the players selected for the France team for the Olympic Games. What are the regulations and why the provision of players is not compulsory for the Tokyo Olympics?
"Décideurs Magazine" ranking of the best sports law firms
Each year, the review "Décideurs: Stratégie Finance Droit" publishes its ranking of the best law firms in sports law. In 2021, Cabinet BERTRAND is classified in the "Unmissable" category of Law Firms in Sports Law in France (after having been Excellent for a long time).
Acceptance of risks: sports practice and civil liability
In terms of sports practice (training / competition), in the event of an accident or injury, the implementation of the so-called risk acceptance theory may allow the author of the damage to be exempted from his civil liability. . Definition and limit (violation of the rules of the game)?
LawInSport Conferences
LawInSport is an English sports law information site that provides expert analysis and commentary on the latest legal developments in sport. LawInSport also organizes international conferences in which lawyers from Cabinet BERTRAND participate.
Sports practice by minors, from a medical certificate to a parental certificate
According to the decree of May 7, 2021, in the absence of any contraindication to the practice of sport, for minors outside disciplines with special constraints, the production of a medical certificate for the minor athlete is replaced by a certificate from the persons exercising the parental authority.
Sports Lawyers Association (SLA), Annual Conference
The Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) is the American association of sports lawyers. Each year, SLA organizes a Conference in the United States bringing together several hundred participants.
Non-European citizen (outside EU / EEA), how to legally have a sports agent activity in France?
If you are a sports agent / intermediary from a country that is not a member of the European Union (EU) or a State party to the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement, how to carry on an activity sports agent in France? [Part 2 of the article on sports agents in France]
European citizen (EU / EEA), how to be authorized to be a sports agent in France?
If you are a sports agent / intermediary from a European Union (EU) member country or from a State party to the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement, how to exercise a sports agent activity in France ? Here is a brief non-exhaustive summary of the conditions set by the Law.
Assiduous, competent online poker player who lives on his earnings: consumer or professional?
According to a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU 6è ch., Dec. 10, 2020, aff. C-774/19), the person playing online poker does not lose the quality of consumer. hours per day who has extensive knowledge and perceives significant gains from this game
Football: receivership and sporting consequences
The announcement of FC Girondins de Bordeaux of its financial difficulties following the departure from King Street, is an opportunity to recall the sporting consequences, and in particular a demotion, if a football club is the subject of a reorganization procedure or compulsory liquidation.
Can an international federation prohibit an athlete, without violating European law, from participating in a competition that it does not recognize?

According to the regulations then in force within the International Skating Union (ISU), skaters could not take part in international speed skating events (Olympic Games or world championships), "if they participate in international skating competitions ...

Law Awards, Cabinet BERTRAND winner of the Sports Law Category (Firms of less than thirty lawyers)
In 2020, BERTRAND Sports Law Firm was designated the best French Sports Law Firm in France (category Law firms of less than XNUMX lawyers) by the magazine Le Monde du Droit.
The Daily Press
Find here a daily selection by Cabinet BERTRAND of articles published in the sports press whose reported facts are of interest or fall within the scope of Sports Law
Sports authorities organize themselves to sanction cyberstalking on social networks
Cyberbullying affects the sports world. Faced with this climate of hatred, the Professional Football League has decided to act. and the French Association for the Fight against Cyberbullying recommends that networks filter messages based on keywords established by sports federations
White season for amateur football
The French Football Federation (FFF) has announced that the Comex has taken the decision to stop, due to the current health crisis, all departmental and regional metropolitan amateur competitions for the 2020-2021 season and to pronounce a blank season (no climbs , no descents)
Cabinet Bertrand & Associé is recruiting! (July 2021)
Internship offer in sports law for a period of 6 months from July 1, 2021
Signature of the first collective agreement in professional women's sport
Professional women's handball has just signed the first collective agreement in professional women's sport
France's compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code
Since Tuesday, February 16, 2021, the Government has been empowered by Parliament to take the necessary measures within the scope of law to ensure the compliance of domestic law with the principles of the World Anti-Doping Code and to strengthen the effectiveness of the fight against doping
The allocation of exceptional aid until “the date of cessation of the state of health emergency”
The Government published on February 10, 2021 a new ordinance (Ordinance n ° 2021-137), modifying ordinance n ° 2020-1599 of December 16, 2020 by extending the financial conditions for the resolution of certain contracts in the sports sector.