Show Jumping League Files Complaint against the Federation Equestre Internationale over Anti-Competitive Exclusivity Clause

Global Champions League (GCL), the new show jumping league and team competition developed by Global Champions Tour (GCT), has filed a complaint with the Belgian Competition Authority in Brussels accusing the sport's governing body, the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), of breaching European Union competition law.   The complaint centers on the FEI imposing its so-called "exclusivity clause" on riders to prevent them competing in events not organized by the FEI itself.   The FEI