The famous runoff dear to French football… but not in the expected direction. Foot Unis, the union of professional clubs, is sounding the alarm in a barometer published this Wednesday. The significant drop in TV rights for Ligue 1 for the period 2024-2029 (-25% each year compared to the previous period) will have serious consequences on thousands of jobs linked to professional football, he assures. -he.
The sector represents around 40,000 direct and indirect jobs in France. However, with the reduction in income generated by TV rights, “French clubs risk being forced to reduce their expenses”, explains the organization. “This situation could put thousands of local jobs at risk, not to mention the funding of amateur sport also affected by this drop in revenue,” she adds.
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TV rights “represent for the majority of clubs more than a third of their income, and sometimes more than half, on average 30%”, notes this barometer. After promising to obtain one billion euros per season, and seeing its call for tenders fail, the LFP had to swallow its ambitions and sell L1 matches for an annual total of around 500 million to DAZN and beIN Sports. A significant decrease compared to the 624 million of the previous contract.
According to the Foot Unis barometer, the professional football sector represents 5.3 billion euros of added value in France. On average, a professional club generates 116 million euros in added value, 846 jobs and 26 million euros in tax and social contributions.
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