According to Urheilu’s information, the Players’ Association will turn to the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority on Monday.
According to ‘s sources, the Finnish Hockey Players Association (SJRY) will submit a request for action to the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (KKV).
He was the first to tell about it Evening newspaper.
According to ‘s information, the request for measures will be submitted to KKV on Monday, March 11.
Urheilu previously reported that the Players’ Association sent a demand letter to the SM league, all league clubs and the Jääkieksoliito, which required immediate action to open the SM league.
According to the players’ association, the SM league is “against competition law on several grounds”.
SJRY threatened that if the demands are not agreed to, the Players’ Association will take “all legal actions it deems necessary without further notice”.
The first demand was that “The Ice Hockey Federation, the League and the League clubs immediately stop the cartel they have formed and the abuse of their dominant market position, i.e. the closed SM league, by setting transparent, non-discriminatory, objective, relative, clear and written license conditions and criteria, which by fulfilling the sporting league place and providing hockey and related services in the SM league is possible to achieve”.
Another demand was to include the Players’ Association in Huippukiekko’s advisory board as an equal decision-maker.
In addition, SJRY wanted to see the cooperation agreements between the Ice Hockey Federation and the League, so that, among other things, the license conditions of the SM League could be brought to the attention of the Players’ Association. SJRY also demanded compensation for legal expenses incurred in investigating the case.
The league, the Ice Hockey Association and the league clubs did not agree to the demands.
According to ‘s information, a number of Mestis clubs may also turn to KKV in the matter.
When the Players’ Association takes the action request to the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority on Monday, an investigation lasting a few months will start. The focus of the investigation is whether the SM league, the league clubs and the Ice Hockey Federation acted in violation of the Competition Act.
The issue has been discussed in public several times during this hockey season.