French football crisis: this is not an exercise
The situation is serious and almost desperate. There have been increasing numbers of comments lately announcing the imminent collapse of French football. The worst thing is that the cassandras have good arguments to make.
“What concerns me today is Ligue 1: the situation is serious. With a deficit of 1.2 billion euros, we will have to act quickly.
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It's paradoxical because there is, on the one hand, a complicated financial situation, and, on the other, a craze in the stadiums, with more than 27,000 people on average per match. »
Marie Barsacq, recently appointed Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life in the government of French Bayrou, does not mince her words in the columns of
West France
. No one can blame him for speaking without knowing, especially without knowing how to count. The former director of the Paris 2024 COJO knows the subject well having worked for a long time at the FFF, certainly on the amateur side.
Above all, his speech is based on the frightening figures from the DNCG and the alarmist declarations of its president, Jean-Marc Mickeler. The latter targeted in particular the excessive spending of clubs while revenues, and in particular those from TV rights, have fallen. And the future looks rather bleak. DAZN, whose commercial policy has largely contributed to driving Ligue 1 out of our minds, still cannot, from discount to discount, exceed 500,000 subscribers (estimated). The broadcaster is already asking to renegotiate the terms of a contract that is hardly generous. Knowing that in 18 months, he will be able to terminate his commitments and abandon Le Havre-Auxerre. Financial clarity is not for tomorrow and the LFP risks ultimately having to launch its own channel, with the inevitable costs that this will entail.…
-By Nicolas Kssis-Martov for SOFOOT.com
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