Asked before the start of the Rolex Paris Masters, of which he is the director, about his involvement in the “Pandora Papers” (he is accused of having owned an offshore company called Mainland Group Limited in a tax haven, the British Virgin Islands, for fifteen years), Guy Forget had preferred to kick in touch.
“I'm pretty calm,” said the former Davis Cup winner, 56, who is also at the helm of Roland Garros.
My name has been mentioned, like that of many other sportsmen and personalities.
Now is not the time to talk about this.
We will talk about this later.
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However, we will quickly talk about it again before the ethics committee, deontology, prevention and treatment of conflicts of interest of the French Tennis Federation (FFT), as revealed by L'Équipe.
This body made up of four "wise men" has already pronounced on the misconduct of Benoît Paire, with a call to order, or the multitude of hats of the former vice-president Arnaud Clément (tournament director, TV consultant, etc.) who ultimately resigned his federal post.
The Federation signed a contract with the FDJ
Recently busy studying possible incompatibilities in the partnership between the Rolex Paris Masters and “Parions Sport”, the FDJ's betting site, the ethics committee will therefore look into the Forget case.
Without any coercive power, its conclusions being purely advisory.
Thus, despite strong reservations about "the harmful effects attached to the practice of betting money on tennis matches", the FFT still chose to initial a three-year contract with the FDJ ...
It will therefore be up to President Gilles Moretton and his staff to decide on the future of the one who has been leading the Masters 1000 in eastern Paris for ten years and the Grand Slam in the west of the capital for five years.