Article L. 222-5 of the French Sports Code imposes that the services of agents and representatives who intervene on behalf of a minor athlete are to be provided free of charge. From a legal point of view, the validity of this provision is questionable, particularly in light of the principles of European and international law. Samba Thiam, Doctor of Sports Law (Aix-Marseille University), offers a critical analysis of this prohibition.
A sports agent and a minor football player: a relationship where the former works for the latter without being paid. The phrase may seem colloquial, but it reveals the legislative and regulatory framework governing the relationship between the two, as well as the relationship between the minor football player and his legal representative or his sports lawyer.
Indeed, what becomes apparent from a reading of the French Sports Code is that the regulation of the activity of agents, lawyers and legal representatives acting on behalf of minor football players is mainly based on one central element: the ban on remuneration!
Article L. 222-5 of the French Sports Code sets out this prohibition, stating that the use of the services of a sports agent with a view to “conclude a contract that relates either to the exercise of a sporting activity by a minor, or the...
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