Press Release: Commisison clears UEFA’s new Broadcasting Regulations

The Commission has decided that UEFA's new rules on the broadcasting of football matches, as amended in July 2000, fall outside the scope of European competition rules. The rules allow national football associations to block the broadcasting on television of football during 2½ hours either on Saturday or Sunday to protect stadium attendance and amateur participation in the sport and are a good example of how to reconcile competition rules and the special characteristics of sport.