Already weakened by the health crisis, French football is on the brink after the
Médiapro
fiasco
.
A situation that the government is monitoring carefully, while the Professional Football League (LFP) launched a new call for tenders last Tuesday to avoid the tragedy of a black screen on its championships, Ligue 1 and the League 2. "We are looking very carefully at this new consultation launched by the League," indicates Roxana Maracineanu, on
beIN SPORTS
.
We hope that many broadcasters will respond to this call from the League and the clubs, because it is also a question of survival today.
Whatever the reasons for this chaos and this industrial disaster due to the defection of Médiapro, we must all look to the future, think about the future of French football and not only of professional football, but also of the survival of our associations, because we know that in territories in France, professional football and rugby clubs are also the engines of local sport and sport for all. ”
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Remember that the State has already helped sport (exemption from charges, PGE, partial unemployment…), the Minister of Sports does not want to embark on a witch hunt and prefers to "look ahead".
“It's not worth trying to figure out who is to blame,” she said of the Mediapro debacle.
We must look at the efforts that everyone is ready to make, athletes like here in Clermont where the players have lowered their salaries, the leaders of sports bodies or the State, which strongly supports football.
We must all, with the broadcasters and a valuation of these TV rights which is very important today, look ahead and see how we can get out of this crisis situation while preserving our structures as much as possible. "
The public in the stadiums, it is not for now
Obviously, we should not count on the return of the public in the stadiums to restore resources to the clubs.
"It's not topical," agrees the former swimmer.
It will nevertheless be necessary to find a way to avoid a cataclysm in the coming weeks, the next months, if the current situation were to continue.
“French sport needs both legs: we have to keep this balance between professional and amateur sport.
We are very concerned about the situation of sport in France because it is an element of public health, insists Roxana Maracineanu, who had made the trip to Clermont for the Ligue 2 meeting between the Auvergne club and Auxerre (1-0) .
And more than ever in this period of health crisis, we must reaffirm the importance of sport for people's health.
We don't want sport to die, we want to preserve its structures and we know very well that this will go through the showcase of professional sport and its maintenance. "
Offers from broadcasters must be submitted on Monday, February 1 at the LFP headquarters.
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