We cannot say that we were not warned. Like the Bordeaux supporters/followers/journalists who announced the fall of the Girondins with the arrival of Gérard Lopez at the head of the club, many experts are warning about the future of Ligue 1. The reason: the drop in rights TV and coverage of the championship by the new DAZN platform.
“Canal has 5 million subscribers, DAZN has 400,000. Basically, the Ligue 1 audience has roughly been divided by ten, at least, compared to seven-eight years ago, indicated Cyril Linette, guest this Sunday on the show “Les Grandes Gueules du Sport” on RMC. And this is not DAZN's last choice, it is changes in broadcasters over the last six years which have led to changing broadcasters four times, and each time moving towards a broadcaster with a subscriber base of lower and lower. »
The former general director of The Teambeaten by Vincent Labrune during the election of the president of the LFP, is worried about the future. “Ligue 1 is in mortal danger. […] Who still talks about Ligue 1 in bistros?, worries Cyril Linette. Also think about collective subscriptions. My son wanted to watch the Classic in a bar in Paris on Sunday, but he couldn't find any. No Parisian bar has collectively subscribed to DAZN. It was also a major consumption of football and major Ligue 1 matches. It’s catastrophic. »
