Long term exclusivity: The French Competition Authority imposes heavy fines to the French Football Federation and its commercial partner for abusive exclusivity clauses (Droits sportifs de la FFF)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Aut. conc. dec. no. 09-D-31 of 30 September 2009 relating to practices implemented in the management and marketing of the sports rights of the French Football Federation (FFF) Red card for the FFF and its partner Sportfive. The picture is certainly easy, but it is obvious from the decision of 30 September 2009 by which the Competition Authority sanctioned Sportfive and the FFF to the tune of €6 million and €900,000 respectively, for agreeing to block access to these marketing rights to the benefit of Sportfive alone. These concerted practices led to the foreclosure of potential competitors, first of all through the conclusion of long-term exclusive