The Sports Rights Owners Coalition (SROC) is a forum of over 50 international and national sports bodies and competition organisers committed to protecting the vital contributions sports make to Europes society and economy (2% of GDP and 3% of total EU employment). SROC members are key providers of long-term jobs and generate vast tax revenues.
SRO
Sports Rights Owners Coalition
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 422544515758-37
10
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
10
legislative files
of 665 tracked
4
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1518 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #370 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1.5
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€100K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2015
in the register since
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- Sports Rights Owners' Coalition (SROC)
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Sports Rights Owners Coalition filed 10 positions between 30 Jun 2020 and 25 Jun 2026, across 10 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 4 times.
2020 · 1 filed2024 · 1 filed2025 · 6 filed2026 · 2 filed
What they argued
There can be no better example of the EU Motto, United in Diversity, than the audiovisual landscape of the Union. Underpinned by their ability to license content on an exclusive territorial basis, rights owners curate and tailor culturally specific content to their respective licensees on the secure basis of economically viable business models.
The Sports Rights Owners Coalition (SROC) notes the European Commissions written and oral assessments of the effects of its Recommendation (EU 2023/1018) on combating online piracy of sports and other live events.
Sports Rights Owners Coalition reply to the European Commission Call for Evidence on the Digital Fairness Act SROC members welcome the opportunity to contribute to this call for evidence and is supportive of the Commission’s broader objective to ensure a safer online environment for consumers, including through the more effective and extended application and enforcement of existing rules.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
The Sports Rights Owners Coalition (SROC) is a forum of over 50 international and national sports bodies and competition organisers, with a particular focus on intellectual property rights (IPR) issues. SROC members contribute substantially to the wealth and wellbeing of countries. They are key providers of long-term jobs, and some of the biggest taxpayers.
In its September 2017 Communication on Tackling Illegal Content Online , the European Commission (EC) acknowledged that “what is illegal offline is also illegal online”, which we welcome. The EC underlining that the rule of law also applies and should be respected online was a very positive step forward.
The Sports Rights Owners Coalition (SROC) is a forum 55 international and national sports bodies and competition organisers. SROC members contribute substantially to the wealth and wellbeing of countries, as key providers of long-term jobs, and some of the biggest tax-payers. According to the European Commissions most recent report, sport accounts for more than 2% of EU GDP and almost 3% of employment.
The Sports Rights Owners Coalition (SROC), representing over 50 international and national sports bodies and competition organisers, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to reinforce and future-proof the European Sports Model. Sport is a vital part of European cultural identity, social cohesion, and economic life.
The Sports Rights Owners Coalition (SROC) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the Call for Evidence on Fighting Online Fraud. As a coalition representing 55 of the worlds biggest sports organisers, we wish to highlight an oft-ignored avenue of online fraud, online audiovisual piracy, and what we believe the Commission must do to help address it.
The Sports Rights Owners Coalition and its members have closely monitored the European Commissions Recommendation on combating online piracy of sports and other live events since its adoption on 4 May 2023. Together with the Live Content Coalition, SROC has worked with the international consultancy Grant Thornton (GT) on data gathering and, unfortunately, the findings suggest that the situation has continued to…
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