Competition Issues Related to Sports 1996 The OECD Competition Committee debated competition issues related to sports in October 1996. This document includes written submissions from Australia, Denmark, the European Commission, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as an aide-memoire of the discussion. Satellite television with dedicated sports channels considerably increased the market for sports broadcasts. Sports bodies and event organisers perceive that they have market power to influence competition among TV channels and the market for sports equipment. Sports federations and leagues have significant powers to regulate the activities of sports professionals. The roundtable has shown the difficulty of reconciling aspects of sport operations that are inherently anti-competitive with competition policy. Four areas of concern were discussed: i) sale of exclusive broadcasting rights; ii) competition between different leagues; iii) sponsoring and exclusive supply arrangements between manufacturers of sports equipment and clubs, including the use of standards for equipment; and iv) retention and transfer systems used in players' contracts. OECD Guiding Principles for Regulatory Quality and Performance (2005) Intellectual Property Rights (2004) Regulating Market Activities by Public Sector (2004) Restructuring Public Utilities for Competition (2001) Regulation and Competition Issues in Broadcasting in the light of Convergence (1998)
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