EU Athletes, the GPA and FIFPro Division Europe represented the player unions in Europe at the Irish EU Council Presidency’s sport conference organized in Dublin Castle on 7 March.
The conference focused on “Sustainable Financing of Sport” and featured various speakers including the Irish Minister for Sport Michael Ring.
Amongst others the conference discussed sport event related intellectual property rights with regards to exploitation by the media and betting industry. A subject, which is also currently under the microscope of an EU funded study.