It was his obsession.
Reach one billion euros through the sale of TV rights to L1.
But, like Icarus, flying too close to the sun, the Professional Football League ended up burning its wings.
Yet she had foreseen everything, planned everything, prepared everything.
Methodically.
Playing on the calendar.
Multiplying, upstream of the call for tenders, the operations to increase the reputation of the French championship.
Pushing new outsiders into the field - telecom operators, Gafa, investment funds - against Canal + and beIN Sports.
Imagining, finally, a “sophisticated” auction procedure.
By strengthening its game, the League intended to increase the future broadcasters to the coconut tree.
It was his quest for the Grail.
Today is his cross.
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"This search for even more, always more, has undeniably pushed the LFP to error,"
said an actor in the sector.
His motivation was commendable: to raise French football, at the time endowed with 750 million euros per season, among the elite.
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