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​Olympic curbs on athlete sponsorship catch interest of EU enforcers

By Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst ( December 3, 2019, 22:52 GMT | Insight) -- The International Olympic Committee has attracted EU antitrust scrutiny over restrictions on how athletes market themselves during the Olympic Games, MLex has learned. EU enforcers are following up on concerns that rules preventing athletes from taking part in advertising campaigns during a window around the Olympics are overly strict — an issue already tackled by Germany’s antitrust watchdog.The International Olympic Committee has attracted EU antitrust scrutiny over restrictions on how athletes market themselves during the Olympic Games, MLex has learned....

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