Categories: Sports Law, Blog
Negotiating Media Rights Agreements in Sports Part 1: The Kick-Off
What sports organizations must consider when allocating media rights – legally compliant, commercially smart, and competition-law safe.
Categories: Sports Law, Blog
Centralization of Sports Rights Part 2: Opportunities, Risks, and Regulatory Hurdles
In part 1 of this article, which describes the procedure for a proposed bundling of sports rights, we provided an initial overview and clarified which sports rights can reasonably be considered for centralization. In the next...
Categories: Sports Law, Blog
Centralization of Sports Rights - Part 1: An Initial Legal Overview
This blog analyses the opportunities and risks of centralizing sports rights for coverage, marketing and structure. The focus is on economic, strategic and l
Categories: Sports Law, Blog
Athlete Organizations in Individual Sports Part 2: How to Successfully Establish Them
This second part of the article shows how athletes can establish such organizations and what the main structural considerations are.
Categories: Sports Law, Blog
Athlete Organizations in Individual Sports Part 1: Why They Are Needed Today
Athletes' unions or similar organizations are not uncommon in team sports such as football or ice hockey. In individual sports, however, this is a novelty with some special features. This is because in individual sports, athletes...
Categories: Media and Entertainment, Sports Law
Public Viewing (Screening) in Switzerland: Do I Need a Licence?
The matches of the upcoming FIFA World Cup will also be broadcast live at various locations in Switzerland. This article outlines the conditions under which organisers of public viewings need a separate licence.
Category: Sports Law
Guide to the organisation of an e-Sports tournament
A legal overview for the organization of an esports tournament. The VISCHER sports law team is at your disposal.
Categories: Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment, Sports Law
Player transfers – a legal classification
Why was Neymar able to transfer to Paris Saint-Germain for 222 million euros last summer, against the will of FC Barcelona, and thus get out of an ongoing employment contract? This article highlights what a transfer fee legally is, and how Financial Fair Play could help.
Ambush-Marketing: Associating major events in advertising
With Ambush Marketing, a third party other than the organizer or sponsor, uses the popularity of a major event in its own advertising. This article shows the essential rules for such references.