The Professional Football League (LFP) is decidedly incorrigible. By dint of looking for emergency exits to save the broadcast of Ligue 1, she is about to get out of her hat a solution to say the least, improbable: a new chain dedicated to the championship, carried by a Dazn-Canal+team. A project which, on paper, looks more like a flight forward than a real rescue plan. Because if the idea seems to give new life to the negotiation, it above all reveals an increasingly illegible strategy for fans.
According to RMC Sport, the LFP is currently working on a model in which all Ligue 1 matches are focused on a single home channel, distributed by Dazn and Canal+. A project that would even require the withdrawal of beIN Sports from the match on Saturday 5 p.m. Officially, the arrival of Nicolas de Tavernost at the head of LFP Média would have warmed relations with the historic diffusers. But in fact, this hybrid solution is struggling to hide the deep instability which plays the management of French TV rights for several seasons.
Between Dazn and Canal+, Ligue 1 is lost even more
Increasingly vague visibility for Ligue 1
Instead of simplifying access to spectators, this future chain may add yet another layer of confusion. Where to see the matches? At what price? Who manages what? So many questions left pending, in a climate where the image of Ligue 1 continues to crumble. The era of simple and transparent solutions seems definitively over for French football, which sinks a little more into commercial opacity.
A concern that wins the clubs
For clubs, the promise of a new showcase sounds hollow if it is not accompanied by real financial stability. Many fear a new fiasco at the Mediapp. If the agreement between the LFP, Dazn and Canal+ were to overturn, the impact would be disastrous for the revenues to come. The specter of a devalued Ligue 1 still haunts the leaders, and the slightest error could be fatal to the competitiveness of the championship.
Finally, this rescue attempt is more like a last -minute improvisation than a built strategy. With the LFP, the more it's okay, the less it's okay. And the hope of seeing Ligue 1 have a clear and sustainable diffusion model still seems far away …
