It is a "one against one" which will be worth its weight in peanuts.
The Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, questioned by the basketball player Evan Fournier on the place of sport at school, agreed to meet him, like other sportsmen, to talk about it, he says in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche, this day.
“Our sports culture at school is disastrous.
If my teammates and I have reached the elite of our sport, it is thanks to sports associations, clubs, volunteers, but in no way thanks to the school ”he tackled on August 9th.
On the contrary, Mr. Minister @jmblanquer Our sports culture at school is disastrous.
If my teammates and I have reached the elite of our sport it is thanks to sports associations, clubs, volunteers but in no way thanks to the school.
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- Evan Fournier (@EvanFourmizz) August 9, 2021
“Evan Fournier used the expression +
outstretched hand
+: he meets another outstretched hand which is mine.
I will also soon meet athletes - Evan Fournier if he wishes and can - to talk about it ”, specified the Minister.
"Welcome Mr. Blanquer to New York to continue this exchange"
Silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics with the Blues, Fournier had judged, in a column published on August 16 by the Huff Post, "derisory" the place of sport at school, and called to "reform the French system" , saying he was ready to “welcome (Mr. Blanquer) to New York (…) to continue this exchange”. In his forum, the New York Knicks player was already responding to the minister, who had linked the success of team indoor sports to the Olympics-2020 (five medals including three gold) to the "importance" of the school system "for the the entire population but also for the elite of sport ”.
"Evan Fournier's forum converges with what I wanted to say: thanks to the momentum of the Olympic Games (from Paris-2024, Editor's note), we are going to take a new step in favor of sport at school", judge Jean-Michel Blanquer. "It is a good debate which will make it possible to move forward, because the sporting culture is not strong enough in France", also declares the Minister. The match at the start of the school year?
