Italy: Media, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

Professional footballers operate within a dual contractual framework: the sports employment contract with their club and the agency contract with their sports agent. This complex legal structure creates unique challenges at the intersection of labour law and sports regulation, where conflicts of interest, contractual misalignments, and overlapping obligations frequently emerge during negotiations, contract management, and relationship termination.

This article analyses the contradictions generated by the current regulatory framework, focusing on the distinction between digital actors operating in cooperation with licensed operators and those promoting offshore (.com) gambling markets.

With the implementation of the remote gaming reform introduced by Legislative Decree No. 41 of March 25, 2024, the “Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli” has introduced...