On November 20, Chaumont VB 52 Haute-Marne responded to the summons of the Commission for Assistance and Control of Professional Clubs, in order to clarify its current rather tense financial situation. He is now awaiting decisions arising from this interview.
It is no surprise that Chaumont VB 52 Haute-Marne received a summons from the Commission for Assistance and Control of Professional Clubs (CACCP), after the last financial years were complicated. An interview carried out remotely, “by video”, since it was planned for November 20, during the Champions League match, in Palestra, against Jastrzebski’s Poles. A meeting which therefore prevented the Cévebist president, Bruno Soirfeck, from going to Paris.
“If we have escaped this type of invitation for several seasons, due to our good financial management, this time we expected to be caught by the patrol,” admitted the Chaumontais leader. “These were the first words uttered during our interview, expressing the surprise of the members of the Commission to see us in this position: an unusual situation for them! »
It was in front of two employees (lawyers) of the National League (LNV), accompanied by a few people from the accounting community, that Bruno Soirfeck was questioned and heard about the situation of the club, and the reasons which led it to a unstable economic situation. “This is the second year in a row that we will end with a negative balance, and that we will make up for it with the club's reserve funds which are therefore significantly decreasing. The CACCP could not help but wonder about our situation. »
And even if CVB 52 has already made savings this season, by reducing its operating financial resources compared to the last financial year, qualification for the Champions League in particular has necessarily accentuated the expenditure column in the Chaumont budget. “We are in a tense situation, which the Commission understands well. This European competition cannot be refused sportingly, but economically, it remains heavy to manage. »
A wide range of possible sanctions
Still awaiting responses to requests made to institutional partners to help him finance this surplus, Bruno Soirfeck was therefore unable to present to the CACCP the guarantees of a balanced budget. Uncertainties which could lead, initially, the Commission to sanction the club, which can also, if it wishes, then appeal the decision(s).
The range of sanctions is also quite broad: payroll control, fines, sporting penalties (minus points), administrative demotion, ban on participating in a professional championship, etc. A non-exhaustive list of possible consequences of the current situation of the CVB 52. This will be fixed soon.
Laurent Génin
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