ExclusiveIllegal activity of sports agents: "The clubs do not follow the law" (B. Satin, BS & Partners)

"In theory, the French law (regarding sports agents) is rather well done. It is its application that poses a problem and it is a fight that the agents' union (UASF) is leading with the authorities. It is the actors who make the law work or not, and to make it work creates a major problem with some of them, namely the clubs, which do not follow the law. Overall, the 40 professional clubs are breaking the law by speaking with everyone, licensed agents or not," stated Bruno Satin, sports agent licensed by the FFF and president of BS & Partners, to News Tank Football on 04/12/2020.

Vice-president of the Union des Agents Sportifs Français (French sports agent union), Bruno Satin sets up the fight against intermediaries illegally exercising the profession of sports agent as priority No. 1. A difficult fight to wage which requires support at the national level. The FFF is the the body that issues the agent's license, which is theoretically compulsory to be able to practice on French territory.

"The problem is that even with a little more goodwill, we don't get much progress. First…