In football jargon, it's a tackle.
And, to continue to spin the easy metaphor, this one does not deserve any red card.
The refusal of Canal + to compensate for the failures of the Sino-Spanish group Mediapro for the retransmission of the matches of Leagues 1 and 2 whistles, perhaps, the end of infernal price inflation in the small hexagonal world of the round ball.
Not only those of television rights (nearly 1 billion per year), but also those of transfers, salaries and bonuses of players.
At PSG, Neymar and Mbappé respectively pocket some 3 and 2 million euros per month.
The quality of the French championship, compared to its neighbors English, Italian, Spanish or German, is not worth these head-turning sums.
It was high time to come down to earth.
Canal + has set foot in the dish, not without financial ulterior motive: buy down.
The sentence is brutal, but fair.
Of course, many clubs risk biting the dust.
To the nightmare of a black screen
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